Asked his price for a crown, Aramis doesn't ask for gold or office. He asks for the papacy: “À nous deux l’univers; à moi pour les âmes, à vous pour les corps.” France's king and the Church's pope, ruling in parallel — and his contract theory: “Tous les contrats en ce monde se rompent, parce que l’intérêt qu’ils renferment tend à pencher d’un seul côté.” His alliance can't break because he designed it so every step up lifts Philippe higher too. And when Philippe calls him “father,” Aramis thinks: “Son père! pensa-t-il. Oui, Saint-Père!”

— In our words · Source: The Man in the Iron Mask (Alexandre Dumas)