โ it was just a dream. a bad dream. โ
โ iโve heard the rumor that you canโt stand me any more than the plague. โ
โ you have to rest. weโve still a long way ahead of us. โ
โ mistakes are also important to me. i donโt cross them out of my life, or memory. โ
โ i donโt remember what happened. only that i was frightened. โ
โ that is my fate, my reason, my life. and it is not what i chose. it was chosen for me. โ
โ remember, magic is chaos, art and science. it is a curse, a blessing and progress. โ
โ itโs better to die than to live in the knowledge that youโve done something that needs forgiveness. โ
โ calmly, calmly, just donโt faint, iโm beside you. โ
โ you are already dead. everything in you has already died. โ
โ what the hell are you searching for? trouble? โ
โ donโt you think that the time has come for more truthful confessions? โ
โ difficult times are approaching. difficult and dangerous. โ
โ look around you โ there is crime and sin everywhere. โ
โ this is no legend or fairy-tale. it is the truth. the sincere truth. โ
โ itโs crap โ all these princesses, sorceresses, destiny, love and fanciful tales. โ
โ i lose a great deal of my charm when someone gets to know me better. โ
โ he who fights by the sword dies by the sword. โ
โ they say that itโs a bad signโฆan omen. โ
โ i will keep your secret. you have my word. โ
โ let me remind you that spells are a serious matter. they are cast with grace and pride. โ
โ did i wake you? sorry. โ ย
โ you do not kill out of fear and hatred, but in order to save lives. โ
โ are you going to leave me in suspense? that canโt be the end of your story. โ
โ what have i done to deserve to be so high on your list? โ
โ there, where mountains tower today, one day there will be seas; there where today seas surge, will one day be deserts. but stupidity will remain stupidity. โ
โ iโll carry on killing monsters in the ruins of this world until some monster kills me. โ
โ when you know about something it stops being a nightmare. when you know how to fight something, it stops being so threatening. โ
โ you forget that i know you, so donโt play the unfeeling mutant, devoid of heart. โ
โ the less you know the better. โ
โ you are not leaving here alone. i wonโt let you be alone. not right now. โ
โ who do you want to deceive? me? or maybe yourself? โ
โ donโt play at being a hero. you have got yourself mixed up in a dangerous affair. โ
โ i wouldnโt want anything bad to happen to you. โ
โ i owe you exactly as much as you owe me. no more and no less. โ
โ we are no more than toys in the hands of gods. โ
โ you are important to me, and always will be. โ
โ donโt talk to me about emotions. iโve had enough of all this talk about emotions. โ
โ the anger and vengeance of the gods hangs over you. โ
โ mind your tongue, and who youโre speaking to. โ
โ is it possible you donโt believe me? โ ย
โ i am the one who ought to be asking for forgiveness. โ
โ for you, itโs an adventure. for me, itโs a game in which the stakes are survival. โ
โ you donโt have to kill your feelings. itโs enough to kill hatred within yourself. โ
โ to be neutral does not mean to be indifferent or insensitive. โ
โ thereโs no such thing as a fair fight. you have to make use of every advantage and every opportunity you get. โ
โ from what iโve heard about you, i have no doubt you would manage. โ
โ itโs your own fault and your own problem. โ
โ stay with me tonight. โ
โ youโve mistaken the stars reflected on the surface of the lake at night for the heavens. โ
โ you look almost thirty, think youโre just over twenty and act as though youโre barely ten. โ
โ it all depends on who uses magic, how they use it, and to what purpose. โ
โ you want to run from me? no one has escaped me yet. โ
โ intolerance and superstition has always been the domain of the more stupid amongst the common folk. โ
โ you like me? you have been good at concealing it up until now. โ
โ why have you gone so red, crimson as a poppy? โ
โ do you have to spoil everything you touch? โ ย
โ i warrant that it is better to count yourself amongst those few than amongst everyone. โ
โ magic is everywhere. all around us. easily accessible. โ
โ you are interested in strange matters. you ask strange questions. โ
โ life is a priceless gift and should be protected. โ
โ you are not so remarkable as to make me fall on my knees and raise my eyes to the heavens. โ
โ something tells me you are not the person i took you to be. โ
โ this had to happen at some point. this had to happen. โ
โ thatโs everything? you havenโt lied about anything? havenโt forgotten anything? โ
โ you runt. you scum. you arrogant nobody. โ
โ thank you for rescuing me. โ
โ if youโre afraid, turn back. โ
โ youโve no heart. you really have no heart.. โ
โ iโd be proud and happy to fight at your side. โ
โ i see you have applied yourself to fulfilling the demands of fate and destiny. โ
โ the sun is still high, even if it is obscured. you can still train. โ
โ come into the light. donโt lurk in the dark. โ
โ your fears are unfounded. entirely ungrounded. โ
โ loyalty is devilishly difficult to manage. โ
โ you shouldnโt have said that. โ
โ your wound has to be dressed and weโve got to get out of here. โ
โ you wonโt understand and you donโt have to understand. i did what i had to do. โ
โ you arenโt afraid of anything? answer truthfully. โ
โ war is constantly hovering over us like a vulture. โ
โ iโm afraid of death, just like everyone else, but i grew used to the idea of it a very long time ago. โ
โ the world is falling to ruins. we can watch it happen and do nothing. or we can counteract it. โ
โ whatโs the matter with you? are you going to be sick? โ
โ you are cunning but not careful enough. โ
โ i donโt want to hurt you, but if you come near meโฆ โ
โ have you calmed down sufficiently for me to safely approach and take a look at you? โ
โ i want to talk to you. i donโt need an audience. โ
โ iโm not in the habit of poking my nose into other peopleโs secrets. โ
โ youโve got a tongue as sharp as a wasp. โ
โ have you been taught anything other than making holes with a sword? โ
โ what the hell is this? who beat you like this? โ
โ before you said that, you still had a chance to live. now you donโt. โ
โ i help you sometimes but i do so out of my own free will. โ ย
โ everyone comes across someone who will better them someday. โ
โ murder is always murder, regardless of motive or circumstance. โ
โ itโs all lies. just a poetic invention to make the story prettier and more touching. โ
โ take this and put it to your nose or you will be covered with blood! โ
โ your valuable friendship is too important to me to disappoint you. โ
โ i was worried you were going to ask me another one of your unequal grand questions. โ
โ you look but have no eyes. you listen but have deaf ears. โ
โ answer my questions. please. โ
โ i donโt have to comply with your instructions and orders. โ ย
โ you really do believe we are in some danger? โ
โ couldnโt you, just once in your life, do something right? โ ย
โ what i intend is my business. donโt get mixed up in this or thereโll be an incident. โ ย
โ was someone asking about me? โ ย
โ all this is going to start concerning you โ and sooner than you think. โ
โ i knew you wouldnโt understand. โ
โ listen. whatโs done is done. โ ย
โ war is war. you whack the enemy in the backside, and they whack you back. โ ย
โ destiny cannot be avoided. โ
โ weโre tempting fate. weโre tempting fate too much. โ
โ fighting doesnโt bother me, and a bit of bloodโs nothing new. โ
โ itโs not nice to eavesdrop. โ
โ whose side are we on? whose side are we against? whoโs our friend and whoโs our enemy? โ
โ both sides despite those who sit on the bench. โ
โ whatโs your name, if itโs no secret? โ
โ donโt be in such a hurry to tug the lionโs whiskers, because this lion is not dead yet. โ ย
โ iโm too old for this sort of thing. too old. โ ย
โ i know you. youโre ruthless, youโre cruel. โ
โ i know how to draw a bow too. โ
โ you betrayed my trust. โ
โ your chances of me forgiving and forgetting are non-existent. โ
โ whatโs got into you? thereโs not a grain of sense in your prattling. โ
โ life is an endless train of surprises. โ ย
โ have you lost your mind? โ ย
โ such matters should not be left to chance. โ
โ we canโt afford to make a blunder or a mistake now. โ ย
โ careful, or your arrogance will be the end of you. โ ย
โ letโs throw formalities aside. โ ย
โ we donโt have much time. it would be a sin to waste it. โ
โ donโt fool yourself that itโs different this time. itโs never different. โ
โ why are you looking at me like that? โ
โ sincerity works both ways. you ask me any question and i will answer. sincerely. โ
โ being kind-heartedโฆthat might be a problem because it is widely believed i donโt possess any such organ. โ
โ iโve already seen a war. i donโt want to see another. โ
โ i rarely laugh. i really need to have a good reason to laugh. โ
โ you talk so beautifully, i can listen to you for hours. โ
โ you think you know it all, but you donโt. โ
โ furious as a cat. sparks in your eyes; just wait and youโll hiss. โ
โ poetry is eternal and immortal. it knows no beginning, it knows no end. โ
โ i see that you donโt know me at all. โ
โ letโs not talk about it. letโs not worry too soon. โ
โ donโt play the child because youโre not one anymore. โ
โ have a safe journey. iโll be thinking of you. โ
โ i havenโt got anybody anymore and i am someone else. โ
โ iโm afraid you still know too little. โ ย
โ magic isnโt for show. magic is not some street market trick. โ
โ violence breeds violence. โ ย
โ thereโs no returning to the past. thereโs no one there for me anymore. โ
โ for the time being, trust me and do as i ask. โ
โ let me massage your hand and arm. โ
โ magic, like a spiked arrow, is lodged in you. โ
โ chaos is afraid of you. but it wants you to be the one who feels fear. โ
โ there is chaos and order, good and evil in all of us. โ
โ i donโt want to lose everything again. โ
โ youโve got yourself mixed up in destiny, far more than youโve bargained for. โ
โ first of all, let us have something to eat and drink. โ
โ you still have time to turn back. itโs not too late. โ
โ what are you staring at me like that for? โ
โ in a minute youโre going to faint from loss of blood. โ
โ go to sleep, youโre barely on your feet. โ
โ are you angry with me? โ
โ magic, is in some peopleโs opinion, the embodiment of chaos. โ
โ well. are you going to tell me or not? โ
โ i get angry just as rarely as i laugh. โ
โ iโm here. iโm at your side. donโt be afraid. โ
โ hold your hands out so i can see them. โ
โ you canโt stop a soldier from being frightened but you can give him motivation to overcome that fear. โ