““Why should we obey you?” Budu asked.
“Because I’m, er, omnipotent,” said Alec.”

— Kage Baker , book The Sons of Heaven

Source: The Sons of Heaven (2007), Chapter 35, Section 1 “The Silence at Last” (p. 415)

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