Power and Hypocrisy

 Skit: Cast. Man asking why. Why do you do this? Do you like power over others? Does it make you feel good? Do you know what makes the Alpha Draco feel good? Eating your kids! But I thought you didn't like power over others? The Draco isn't that bad! Besides, don't you feast on 'lower' evolved creatures?

ChatGPT said:

Title: The Hypocrisy of Power

Cast:

• Man – A defiant and questioning figure
• Figure – A shadowy, authoritarian presence

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[Scene: A dimly lit chamber, cold and clinical. The Man sits in a chair, restrained but not physically bound. The Figure stands before him, shrouded in an air of quiet authority.]

Man:

Why? Why do you do this?

Figure: (calmly)

Do what?

Man: (leaning forward, eyes sharp)

Exert power. Control others. Do you like it? Does it make you feel good?

Figure: (tilts head, intrigued)

Power is… necessary.

Man: (laughs, shaking head)

Necessary? Or just a pleasure you refuse to admit?

Figure: (smiles, unshaken)

And if I told you I feel nothing? That it’s merely a function?

Man:

A function? Oh, so it’s just the way things are, huh? You tell yourself that to sleep at night?

Figure: (pauses, studying him)

Sleep is for those who dream. I have no need for it.

Man: (laughs bitterly)

Oh, of course. You’re above all that. But let me ask you something—do you know what makes the Alpha Draco feel good?

Figure: (amused, leans in slightly)

Enlighten me.

Man: (stares dead into the Figure’s eyes, voice steady)

Eating your kids.

(A silence. The air feels heavier.)

Figure: (still calm, but with a flicker of something unreadable)

A crude simplification.

Man: (mockingly)

Oh, but I thought you didn’t like power over others? The Draco isn’t that bad, is it?

Figure: (leans back, arms crossed)

And what of you? Do you not feast on ‘lower’ evolved creatures?

Man: (smirks)

Ah, there it is. The great deflection. The cycle of power. You tell yourself it's necessary. But when another does it, you call it monstrous.

(A pause. The Figure regards him, unreadable. Then, a small nod—as if acknowledging a point well made.)

Figure:

Perhaps.

Man: (leans forward, voice softer but more cutting)

So tell me, if the Draco comes for you, will you still say it’s just a function?

Figure: (smiles slightly, turning away)

We shall see.

(Lights fade. End scene.)