"Having any sort of power doesn't mean being in charge, lad. There's a reason I never tried to take over the world like some villains in my home universe."

Aside from the fact that world domination hasn't been a fruitful goal since the days of Caesar, Tom doesn't have the energy for all the mollifying one would have to do as a Supreme Ruler. That doesn't mean he doesn't think he deserves it, just that he doesn't want it.

He jiggles his cane over his knee. "Do Germans understand freedom?"