One day, Liliana would learn that Benalia had had an opportunity to change that stupid fucking system, and chose not to, because they couldn't think of anything better. And on that day, Watts would be able to hear her shriek of incredulous rage all the way in Midnight.

"He named the country Benalia because it means, mmm...aspiration." Liliana translated. "And his aspiration for this country he was building from the scraps of an Empire that reached too far and fell because of it, was to rule the world. The man was an absolute git."