[ WP ] You 've finally done it : unquestioned world domination . The planet is entirely under your control . Now what ?

“ Uh, ” I looked around the office, “ bring me a… puppy. ” 
 
 “ A puppy, sir? ” Kip had his brow raised, and his hand spread like a star fish on my table, contracting slightly and leaving smudges on the glass. 
 
 “ Yes, a lively one though, and none of those small things. ” That seemed like the right thing to do. Get a trusty companion that would walk by my side during parades. Kip served me well, but I could not take the sweaty, weasel looking man anywhere. Not if I wanted to be taken seriously. He looked more like the low-budget version of a Bond Villain than a trusty sidekick. 
 
 “ I ’ ll get on that, sir, ” Kip said and took his clammy hand off the table, leaving a soapy looking print of his palm and fingers. He turned and stopped half way to the door. “ Perhaps we should think of a speech for you to say, sir? Address the world. ” 
 
 “ Ah, yes! ” I said, and walked over to a large window overlooking Lake Baikal. A frame of frost had gathered over the glass, and I saw warm clouds rise from my mouth each time I took a breath. “ The speech, of course. ” 
 
 “ You were planning on making a speech, sir? ” 
 
 “ Of course, I was, Kip. What do you take me for, a fool? ” 
 
 “ No, of course not, sir. ” Kip pulled the wooden door by its handle, and slid toward it along the wooden floor. His shoulders tensed and he heaved it, his feet sliding again, but only slightly. “ How about a Laika, sir, to commemorate the final capture? ” 
 
 “ No, I want the black ones with the hair covering their face, ” I said, sweeping my hand over my forehead to gesture a long fringe. 
 
 “ A terrier? ” 
 
 “ I don ’ t know, Kip. That ’ s your job. ” 
 
 “ Yes, sir, I ’ m on it, sir. ” 
 
 “ Kip! ” I said before her disappeared through the door that he was having trouble pulling closed. 
 “ Don ’ t say sir so much, it makes me uncomfortable. ” 
 
 “ Yes, sir—sorry... sir. ” The door hurled shut, and a gasp sounded from the other end. 
 
 I shook my head, and linked my hands together behind my back. I busied Kip with pitiful tasks just to get him away from me. The man asked way too many questions and was a jittery sot, who could never sit still and allow me some peaceful thought. World domination was a tricky business and it had occupied me for years. With Russia out of the way, I felt somewhat—bored, now. 
 
 No, peace would not do. I turned back to the desk, and pushed the button of the intercom. “ Natal ’ a, please call Dimitri. ” 
 
 “ Which, Dave? Big one or dumb one? ” A craggy voice answered back in a thick Russian accent. 
 
 “ The big one, please. ” 
 
 I paced around the room, waiting for Dimitri. He ’ d think me mad, but the mean Russian had been bored himself after everything calmed, and purchased a hunting farm to keep himself busy. 
 
 The phone rang, and I almost sprang to it out of excitement. 
 
 “ Dave, what you want? You scare wolf with call. ” 
 
 “ I ’ m going to need you to release the rebel commander, Dimitri. We ’ re funding a rebellion. ” 
 
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