Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow; no tomorrow, no tomorrow

Despite being so fragile, so transient... the years and months composing ten billion years ...are, to the point of sorrow, endearing

Absolute Power Corrupts, Absolutely

The term dictator is a noun, defined by DictionaryCOM as a person exercising absolute power, esp. a ruler who has absolute, unrestricted control in a government without hereditary succession.

The phrase power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. was coined by Lord Action in a letter denouncing papal infallibility. Hamdo has absolute power and Abelia is his right hand 'man', carrying out his orders, regardless of how far the soldiers are pushed and how reckless they are. He has zero concern for anyone, save himself.

Hamdo lies, claiming his reason for attacking other groups is because because they are withholding water and are plotting to destroy Heliwood, so they must be destroyed first. To bring water to the dry dying land. In reality, no one is planning against Heliwood, and the ones that are do so because their families and lives have been destroyed by Hamdo. In reality, water is needed to power Heliwood, and once Heliwood is able to take flight, Hamdo will be able to extend his reach of control. While his soldiers are given harsh rations and sleeping in cramped dirt bunks, he lives in the lap of luxury. Other people were nothing but pawns to throw at the enemy to save his own neck. How befitting that he dies, his body broken by the collision two mighty waves of water. He asked for water, and water he received.

Abelia is no better, she knows what Hamdo is doing is wrong. And she realizes he is only fueled by his selfish desire. Nevertheless, she carries out his orders, knowing lives are at stake. She seems completely detached and cruelly methodical when it comes to carrying out her orders. As she watches Hamdo die in the end, she does not cry, there seems to be resolution set in her face. Her detachment is shown in the end; she expects to be executed after Hamdo's regime and ended and Heliwood has been destroyed, however, Sara offers her a second chance. The placid mask of a facial expressions registers, imperceivable, the smallest amount of shock. Abelia starting with a clean slate seems to be impossible: people know she was directly under Hamdo in the chain-of-command, so doubtless she is just as hated as Hamdo.