“You will pay dearly for it.“
"You know what, you don’t need all this."
"Perhaps you should be welcoming me."
"Listen—listening is dangerous. Talking, more so."
"Things aren’t looking so good for quiet existence either."
"This is just part of the natural process of winning."
"I’ve been receiving some odd text messages."
"Maybe this conversation was one not meant to be."
"Some things don’t come back."
"This was not supposed to happen—not here."
"But we are here and now, and this is not there and then."
"I am pretending as hard as I can."
"I’m not scared of them."
"This will not be easy. I wonder if anything ever will be."
"I’d like to think that I’m home."
"But memories prove nothing."
"This is not what I wanted to tell you."
"Look past the things you think you see."
"Life solves the problems we hope it won’t."
"You may hear from me again."
"That was the most worried I’ve been in some time."
"I’m going to miss this."
"What is next for any of us?"
"Death, presumably. With some stuff before that."
"The terror you feel in quiet moments is not misplaced—just mistimed."
"It is easy to return, difficult to leave."
"Perhaps freedom was never an option."
"I don’t think there’s anything I can do."
"And what if I told you you could kill your imperfect self?"
"The only thing more terrifying than seeing the Devil is no longer being able to see the Devil."
"Perhaps I should be quiet."
"They think he will live."
"I have never been so relieved to be safe, and so disappointed to be shorted my vengeance."
"I’m sure there is vengeance to be found. I’m sure I will find it."
"You have always been important."
"Our time and space will match again someday."
"Words—no. These are just strange noises I’m making with my face."
"Someone has to be to blame."
"People die all the time for all different kinds of reasons. I wouldn’t worry if I were you."
"Do you think everything will turn out alright?"
"We all know how this—and everything else—ends."
"Is this what it is like to die?"
"You are imagining everything and perceiving nothing."
"Are we living a life that is worth the harm?"
"We could have done something."
"We have failed ourselves."
"Where have I seen you before?"
"I don’t like the adjectives ‘new’ or ‘longtime'—they suggest there was a past before me."
"But you can't—it’s very illegal."
"There are some people who don’t understand progress, you know."
"What an interesting way to smile."
"We aren’t going anywhere."
"I rarely feel anything at all."
"That should not have taken this long."
"All is not well; most is not well."
"I do not think they will be gone for long."
"We must be the heroes we look for in others.”