a view from Merry Old

Well, they all look like that in the end. What did we expect, after all?

The winter of the Patriarch

Well what we saw was a tired old man in a cupboard.

I wonder whether that whilst in his underground hole, he managed to find a moment of clarity? Did he reflect on his adult years and have that self-realisation moment? Did he admit to himself who he was and what he stands for? Did those years of cruelty begin to haunt him?

He looked such a solitary despot.