A Full Time Nerd

I apologize for not living up to your absurd expectations, Papa. Don’t you have anyone else to bother?

The victor is the one left standing after the other can no longer endure.

I prefer to remain unenlightened, to better appreciate the dark.

The finest of pleasures are always the unexpected ones.

Time is a peculiar thing. You’ll learn that eventually.

“Guessing,” Toby’s captor said silkily, “is for those too weak in mind or spirit to know.”

Now, if that’s everything, I have an empire to build and a girl to chase.

“I don’t do vulnerable,” Thea retorted. “It clashes with my bitch aesthetic”

“The neckline on that dress makes you look like a floozy.” She wagged her cane at me, then grunted. “I approve.”

The problem with Max’s question was that it assumed I was capable of longing, body and soul, for anything. Anyone. When I pictured myself on that cliffside, I pictured myself alone.

How would you feel about swinging a sword?

Patriarchy smashing is always prudent.

“There are no losers in Robot Battle Death Match Fight Club,” Xander said stoically. “There are only winners and people whose robots sort of explode.”

You just have to learn that the norms are lies.

“You take the first leap,” Neil said, “and every leap after is easier.”

Everyone gets a pity party now and again pretty boy, but not a whole damn parade.

Tonight, these people were not soldiers readying for battle, they were friends. They were family.