The bigwigs never invited me to their parties.

[ This isn't strictly true. He did go to that ball. ]

There was a riot at the palace… I dunno know how long ago. Civil unrest. [ He isn't too clear on the Olympian timeline, and the memories don't fit exactly into place. ] But it's hard to tell how much of that's really internal.

[ If you want to topple a government, sometimes the easiest way is to give the people on the inside something to be mad about. Kill an activist, and watch the everybody blame the dictator. Hell, he'd done it a few times. ]