“Why don’t you believe in the Queen?” Gru asked in confusion while bandaging their wounds.  “The Queen saved me. I was only thirteen back then.”

“Brother Gru was only thirteen then?” A few boys looked at the handsome heroic Gru in admiration.

Gru rubbed their heads sympathetically. “You must believe in the Queen. Everything will become better.”

The few children stole a glance at me, sitting obediently.

Gru turned to the miners from Zone 2 and continued, “The Queen went alone. How could she have hurt you?”

They glanced at one another and said, “We are only miners in charge of collecting blue crystal energy here. We...