Well I didn't think he was being illogical at all. My entire point was definitions. He's right from his point of view, but I'm offering what I think may be an even better way to look at it. It seems there are 3 different concepts at play: freedom (rightful control), my version of power (control), and mleku's version of power (control of people).

I think that NPCs often confuse all 3 or different 2 of 3 combinations.