city of last chances, pt. 2.
dialogue prompts from city of last chances by adrian tchaikovsky.
there was pain, but not for long.
it'll pass. it always does.
you've never broken a rule in your life.
people love their executions.
you know how it is. how it's always been.
i've always been here for you.
i'd tell anyone anything, if it got them out of my face.
you know how to win a fist fight?
am i dead? is this where we go when we die?
what? you never saw a man have a crisis of faith before?
let me have a look at you.
i never meant to put you in danger.
some of us work for a living.
you're supposed to be dead.
you don't save the past by burning down the present.
i don't know who you think you're having this argument with, but it isn't me.
it's getting stronger. it won't let me go.
you're your own judge and executioner.
it's not like in the stories.
the sword's only shiny until you shove it into someone.
i really loved hurting people.
it's too dangerous. i could lose you, too.
where would you be, if there was nobody left?
you wouldn't be the first to find it difficult.
is ____ just going to keep coming back?
you don't have to act. you just have to talk.
i've heard a dozen stories, and none of them add up.
you might want to decide where your loyalties lie.
i never knew you had it in you.
i didn't realize you hated me so much.
surely you understand nobody's coming.
i love you deeply, but you are so stupid.
you mistake what you have seen for the city.
it will all be worth it. but not today.
i've built something here. i won't call it a life, but it's something.
i don't like owing people.
i like being where things happen.
there's not a scratch on you.
say something pithy and inspiring.
i thought it would help. it didn't, much.
do you have a plan? somewhere to go?
just tell me a comforting lie.
sometimes all you can do is keep breathing.
it's always good to enjoy someone else's problems.