Fable: What is so important about this girl, anyway?

Eilif: How do you think I have stayed in power as long as I have, Fable?

Fable: Superior leadership abilities?

Eilif: [laughs] Fear. I’ve kept power this long because I have all of Millhaven quivering at my feet. The fear of what I will do to them if they dare step a toe out of a line keeps them in check.