The Conqueror from a Dying Kingdom: Volume 4

Compliments scared me. It was something I’d never grown used to—I was never sure whether I should be happy. Taking them to heart could inflate the ego, and for some people, using compliments to manipulate others was like second nature.

The other method isn’t to get rid of weapons and soldiers—it’s to remove the need for them. In other words, we’d need to give people a means to solve their problems without violence.