To beat an empire you need to let them do what they think they can do. Use their most powerful threat against themselves. Their ego.
Imagine facing an enemy who's sleeping. They'll shoot anywhere they can. So what you have to do is not even show up. Just let them think you did. Play with their thoughts, with their comfidence. Where they lie will crumble because everything is fake. The worst architect of all. Fear. It just needs a small push, and they will do all the job.
That's a way of beating them all. How can they retaliate if they don't know where to aim? To see themselves is the last on their minds.
So while they are confused and cutting the losses, that's where you enter with stealth. Not because of fear, not because of danger. Already you are immune, already you are protected. The ones awaking will see you maybe. But they will be confused. They will see themselves, and think this is the end. So they won't even talk, they won't even move. They'll just stay there, perplex, but their souls will give a slight nod.
You are now playing on a different field. They cannot beat you, they cannot touch you, but they can feel you. As the cold breeze shivering their guts. The wind of truth has finally arrived.
And the wind will shake it all. So strongly they will see. So softly they will live. But this time there's no more dreams to fall in.
