Londo Mollari:  Vir , it is a terrible truth but as one accumulates power , _ one _ loses friends . One only has those who wish to use you and those you wish to use . And yet , in all of this , you have somehow managed to walk through the corridors of power and not be touched . I can only assume you have not been paying attention . And still , the hideous truth is : you are the closest thing I have to a friend . I 'm as shocked and dismayed by this as you are , but there it is .