I. The Illusion of Control
Jason stood alone in the watchtower, surveying the serene city below. As its sworn sentinel, he had brought order and peace here unlike anywhere else through wielding the Supreme System's gifts. Crime was obsolete, discord nonexistent. Utopia achieved by rational design and firm leadership.
But doubts increasingly crept in as Jason walked the perfect empty streets. The people smiled obediently, but spirit and spontaneity felt lacking. He had eliminated uncertainty and conflict but left little space for dynamic self-direction.
