The Power of Silence

Yandlokus's Pythagoreans heroically defy a Hellenic tyrant and Secundus demonstrates his superiority to the power of an emperor. Apollonius is shown running rings around two emperors, as well as sundry lesser civil authorities. In these cases he's not actually exercising literal silence, but it is his privileged knowledge and spiritual power which allows him to deal with worldly power from such an unassailable position of strength.