Power is it strengthened by Fear?
After all, any living being or creature possess sometype of an emotion. Including a defensive mechanism to form this shield of protection. So, what feeds the feeling of Fear.
Could it be innocence, vulnerability, rejection are some type of insecurity? That fuels this superior need of control aka as Power. Once Kowing the fear that exist. By figuring out the boundaries of each other's weakness. While fearing each other's knowledge & real internal strengths.