be a dragon.

(  dialogue  prompts  taken  from episode one: faith of  the wolf among us (2013),  developed  by  telltale  games.  trigger  warning  for  dark  themes.  feel  free  to  change  as  you  seem  fit. )

❛ if you can’t afford to look human, you’re going to the farm. it’s as simple as that. ❜

❛ fucking hell. see? this is what i called you about, sheriff. ❜

❛ so, what am i walking into exactly? ❜

❛ get the fuck out of the way before you get the axe again. ❜

❛ look, i'm not leaving until i get what's mine. ❜

❛ hey! if you can't be nice, i'm gonna make you wait outside. ❜

❛ it's just little misunderstanding that turned into a real shit show. don't worry. you saw all the best bits. ❜

❛ i let you slap me around for a while. you're lucky i'm not charging extra. ❜

❛ look, this is just the start of a shitty night for me. i just need the money he owes me, then i can go. ❜

❛ my name's whatever you'd like it to be, handsome. ❜

❛ sorry, sheriff. wouldn't want to add any difficulty to your night. ❜

❛ seriously. i need to know if you're okay. ❜

❛ i know you're fucking in there. come on out, you fucking dog. ❜

❛ you alright back there? i mean... your eyes and the teeth... you're not supposed to do that, are you? ❜

❛ hey, do you like my ribbon? ❜

❛ beautiful... ❜

❛ i feel like we've met before... ❜

❛ we all sort of knew each other at one point. but things change, i guess. ❜

❛ stop. we don't have to make any more of a thing out of it than it already is. ❜

❛ stop changing the subject. if you don't answer my questions, i can't help you. ❜

❛ how much was it he owed you? ❜

❛ i'm guessing it'd be bad for you to show up empty-handed. ❜

❛ he hit you. he needs to pay for that. ❜

❛ just... take the money, okay? ❜

❛ you got me out of a bad situation back there... thanks. ❜

❛ meet me back at my office, then. ❜

❛ it's a little late for an office visit, sheriff. i'll swing by your apartment. ❜

❛ you should get cleaned up. you look like shit. and i don't use that term lightly. ❜

❛ it's okay. i'll be fine. you've done enough. really. ❜

❛ you're not as bad as everyone says you are. ❜

❛ see you around... wolf. ❜

❛ look, i've got an hour of paperwork ahead of me and i've already had to deal with one asshole tonight, so just— ❜

❛ you're out pretty late... ❜

❛ you can't be too careful these days. ❜

❛ thank you... for trusting me. really. i appreciate it. ❜

❛ what a night... ❜

❛ got a smoke? ❜

❛ i take it all back... this is why everyone hates you. ❜

❛ so... everyone hates me? ❜

❛ "it is better to be feared, than loved." you know who said that? ❜

❛ they fear you more than anything. you ate a lot of people back in your day. ❜

❛ i thought we were all supposed to have a fresh start here. i can't change the past. ❜

❛ who'd you get in a fight with? ❜

❛ i was doing my job, believe it or not. ❜

❛ i'm sure you were shitty to everyone you came across tonight. ❜

❛ will you shut up? ❜

❛ these walls are paper-thin... ❜

❛ we need to be careful. we'll talk outside. ❜

❛ there hasn't been a murder in fabletown in a long time... ❜

❛ all the more reason we shouldn't start a panic before we know what's going on. ❜

❛ you can see that someone didn't just toss her here. she was deliberately placed... for us to find. ❜

❛ what kind of monster would do this? ❜

❛ i found a trail of blood. ❜

❛ if anyone's to blame, it's me. you don't need to be yelling ❜

❛ instead of trying to assign blame, maybe we should figure out how to catch the fucker who did this. ❜

❛ do your job, sheriff... or we'll find someone who can. ❜

❛ well, that could've gone better. ❜

❛ oh, he doesn't like people smoking in— never mind. smoke away. ❜

❛ i probably should've listened to you. ❜

❛ wasn't gonna say i told you so. ❜

❛ that was an 8 on the asshole scale. asshole scale... that doesn't sound right. ❜

❛ tarot is a backwards art. i wouldn't put too much stock in its wisdom. ❜

❛ the longer you talk, the longer this takes, so just stand over there and shut up. ❜

❛ if you're gonna say something, out with it. ❜

❛ it's been the hottest summer in years, so why would you be making a fire? ❜

❛ i shot myself in the heart... thought i'd be dead by now... hurts like hell. ❜

❛ i know how it looks, but i had nothing to do with that. ❜

❛ come on. i'm bringing you in. ❜

❛ you almost looked peaceful. except you're lying in a dirty alley. with an open wound on the back of your head. ❜

❛ every time i think I'm getting a handle on what's going on... things just get more complicated. ❜

❛ it feels like we're always a step behind. ❜

❛ be honest with me. who do you think did this? ❜

❛ you look tired. ❜

❛ you're doing your best. it's all anyone can do. ❜

❛ not the advice i imagined hearing from you. ❜

❛ i... um, just be careful. please. ❜

❛ i'm being nice, so try again. ❜

❛ don't let him tell you what to do. you're your own woman. ❜

❛ i'd just like some help, then i'll be out of here. ❜

❛ don't lie to me. it'd be bad for everybody. ❜

❛ call me a liar, and it'll be bad for you. ❜

❛ how about i buy you a drink? ❜

❛ how about you keep your drink and piss off? ❜

❛ i know you're an asshole, and you're not wanted here. how's that for what i know? ❜

❛ i don't want to be here. you don't want me here. the sooner you answer my questions, the sooner i'll be out of your hair. ❜

❛ come on. you know why i'm here. ❜

❛ i'm a piece of shit, okay, i know that. but i didn't kill her. ❜

❛ i didn't realize you were the bitch of the bitch. ❜

❛ that all you got? ❜

❛ if you run, it'll be worse. trust me. ❜

❛ you said you wouldn't hurt me! ❜

you are a descendent from an ancient royal line.

can you joust?

this is not a question of bravery.

are you too cowardly to take a life?

hand me my sword.

the sheets feel scratchy.

you could have got us killed!

if you had kept to the plan, those knights might be alive right now.

together, we have a chance to take back what is ours.

would you ride into town with me?

you're playing with fire.

you should be on the throne.

perhaps we never should have come.

did you bring your bow?

you take one more step, traitor, and i'll chew you to splinters.

are you fit to compete, or shall the forfeit stand?

thank you, my lord.

i will deal with you when this is over.

you have to go alone.

we have some work to do.

it's an ambush!

why are they all staring at us?

were you robbed?

clean your sword.

i must look for a suitor.

i know where your allegiance lies.

pick up your sword.

you're not going to kill me?

what do you propose we do, your majesty?

the path takes us through there.

i will probably die on this quest.

even the peasants can marry for love.

your people love you.

i just learned this spell. can i show you?

are you with me?

how many more must die for the throne?

why don't we discuss the matter later?

what are you wearing to the ball tonight?

do not shush me!

be careful on those roads. there's been a report of bandits.

i'm not worthy of the throne.

how do i know your promise will be kept?

take the sword to the tower.

is that your horse?

i hear there's going to be a royal ball.

it was said to be magic.

no one has ever taken that castle.

what a waste of brandy.

is there a way down?

do you hear talk of a dragon?

you knowingly endangered a member of the royal family.

on a horse, with a lance... you're unbeatable.

some day, i'll be a knight.

there's an army out there, and it's ready to follow you.

hold your tongue or lose it.

you're no longer a myth. you're starting to mean something.

admiring the castle again, i see. isn't it beautiful?

tonight, evil has met its match.

you make me feel like a poet.

i'll ride with you.

this kingdom is better off without the lot of you!

why were they trying to kill you?

no one ever comes back from the woods.

i think it's time we found out what's going on.

i will not lose.

how about a little target practice?

you were right to fear the woods.

choose your last words carefully!

the time for pleasantries is through.

run, and i will run with you.

they wanted to arrange my marriage.

will you dance with me?

i'm sure when i'm older, i'll understand.

you know what we have to do.

what do you think? now that you know what i am?

you speak of what you do not know.

my parents were peasants.

we have a long journey ahead of us.

we should have killed them when we had the chance.

you might find this land a more savage place than you remember.

do you even know how to use that thing?

you have to be of noble birth to compete!

i didn't want to be at the celebration.

i can do magic.

are those catapults?

do you know any spells?

i'm not supposed to be seen with people like you.

minotaurs? they're real?

try and take them then.

help me fetch my arrows.

i'm afraid i'm not worthy of you.

i hear you have a quest for me.

sit with me and drink.

that's a bit of a long story.

there is no way that i am fighting.

i challenge you to a duel.

i wonder who lived here.

maybe it's time you had this back.

you have a traitor in your midst.

meet me in the castle gardens tonight, after the sun sets.

the king sent me.

you know how i loathe the summer here.

i would break my fast. good morrow.

you're plainly a fool, and i have no interest in befriending fools.

you can be very wise, my friend.

as you decree, your majesty.

you look radiant.

there are shadows under your eyes.

my soul is touched.

come forth and face your enemy of old, or watch your city burn.

you have been forced to join me in my exile, and i've been poor company.

if i should hear of any whispers, i will bring them to your door.

i have no love for your queen. in fact, i roundly despise her.

you presume too much. far too much.

i am not yet recovered enough from seeing a corpse by my bed to discuss its use for childing.

i know we planned to go together, and perhaps you will hate me for the rest of our lives, but it is better this way.

you took him somewhere safe. what happens now is up to him.

trust me. you can do nothing here but die.

i strongly dislike visitors at this hour. or any hour.

you show an innocent face to the court, but i believe you have another one.

all the world is a cage in a young girl's eyes.

sleep has eluded me of late.

what do you think of his eyes?

they will hail us as legends one day.

you stand on equal ground with whatever i am.

now i know your secret, and it reeks far worse than mine.

i see what's in your heart. it's the same as what's in mine. ambition.

i have no interest in why you are here.

you seem devout. i suggest you pray.

you dare judge me for seeking help elsewhere?

her pride would never allow her to ask for aid.

did the bells wake you?

i shall not speak another word.

do you have any notion of what they do to outsiders here?

she may be sick in love, as young maids often are.

i don't think i'm at all well, you know.

you are a witch. you practice sorcery. i saw it.

you know why this is happening. everyone tried to warn you.

here. i will give you the rest if you behave.

you don't really believe in talk of alchemy and sorcery.

only a soulless husk could hate poetry.

i've always rather fancied an adventure.

all stories grow from a seed of truth. they are knowledge after figuration.

you have a quick tongue as well as light feet.

not all dreams should be pursued, especially not dreams conceived on the featherbed of love.

he must have escaped while the sentinels were distracted.

how does his royal highness mean to forge such an alliance?

i have had precious little entertainment in this place.

i come to give you warning.

better a mouse than some louder beast.

this is not courteous speech. who are you?

i am no green child to believe what i am told without proof.

i do not fear you. your threats have as much weight as smoke.

they say he was in love with her.

my word, but you are a lucky wretch.

fear will make you fight.

this may be too bold, but you seem not to be in high spirits today.

i have no desire to condemn him to death.

do you think me a halfwit?

oh, do shut up.

this mission may not seem survivable, but you never know. we may return from it as princes of the world.

we must do to our enemies what they would do to us.

fire has no power over me.

something is afoot.

you had better start praying for salvation.

i possess sufficient wit to dress myself.

spare me from baseless gossip.

flattered as i am, i seem to remember you are already wed.

stop involving yourself in matters that could undo you.

it will be a pleasure to fight against a warrior of your skill.

i have an interest in survival. i recommend you nurture one, too.

you have been a loyal servant at court.

i would sooner plunge my sword into my own heart than see thy blood water the earth.

i hope all goes as you desire.

i am unworthy of her love, but love her i do. it hurts my soul.

may i ask your name, since i have you to thank for sheltering me?

pray continue.

if her majesty was displeased, i am sorry for it.

remember, no matter how far you travel, i will always be your friend.

he is comely enough.

i doubt he liked her overmuch.

a risk is needful if we are to know the truth.

no duty comes above our service to the crown.

your plot is heresy.

i beseech you, do not expose our transgression.

he should speak to you with more respect.

you know a secret of mine. we are bound by a vow of silence.

wherever i am, i am with you.

you're not in love, then.

i pray she understands. that she forgives me.

this is a mission of the utmost importance.

i will not hear of him.

i took the same oath.

we ought to speak about our… situation.

how are you always so wise?

i know you are mocking me, sir.

please don't tell anyone, or i shall be ruined.

i meant no such insult.

apologies. a poor choice of words.

as i said, i have no interest in your mission.

i confess my mind has been elsewhere.

i have been too forgiving.

she is someone for whom i would die a thousand times, whose name i cannot tell. someone who is the light in my life, the breath in my breast.

what an honour it is to be received once more at your court.

i will always keep you safe.

we have tarried here for long enough.

let us pray that, someday, she weds someone with a backbone.

i shall not involve you any further.

that is the problem with stories. the truth in them cannot be weighed.

i see through your mask. i see what's in your heart.

your pardon, my lady. it was a jest.

who comes at this hour?

we might be able to stop each other falling, or we could pull each other down.

your realm is weeping.

i apologise. i thought you resembled someone i knew.

talk to me a while, before i fall asleep.

do you dream of being queen?

it's too late. everyone has seen.

be quick if you cannot be kind.

i come from a village stricken by drought.

are you very angry?

every year, i expect to suddenly feel as though i could say anything and be convinced i was right, and not be terrified that someone will peck holes in my words. as if i've set, or been kilned into shape. still, i never do.

don't lock your heart too fast, (name).

for this, i have crossed the sea.

when i first left, i understood how wide and glorious the world must be; how many marvels it must hold.

a spark can be coaxed into a brighter flame, if given the chance.

be quick, for both our sakes.

this place bores me. no offence.

i was waiting for night to fall.

youthful folly can be excused and buried.

i see you are set on this, but be careful. you could be hurt.

i don't need anyone to save me. all i ever ask is that you not abandon me.

let her never think of this place as a cage.

some would drink of the sweet wine until they drowned.

i believe i have this dance.

i am vexed by your presence.

this mistake is a small part of your life. it does not define it.

it has been some time since i last had peace.

i have a proposal. one i must make in confidence.

fire for your hearth, and joy for your hall.

one of you has sense, at least.

i'd rather make a sport of counting all the signs you miss.

i mean to always tell you when you do foolish things.

i would like you to tell me a story.

let the bastard come.

stay with me, lover.

am i such a fool?

it's not my place to teach you right from wrong. you ought to know it well by now.

i'm sure you would be happy to keep a close watch on a beautiful woman.

if duty takes you from each other, then you must bear the separation.

courage, my love.

you appeal to my heart.

i knew i could rely on you.

your courtesies are hollow, then?

i resent your accusation.

i see you came armed. you must fear me.

you're always so good to me, (name). even when i'm a fool.

i would have hurled myself in after her.

fine garments, i can have made. food and drink, i can provide. what i cannot give is the wit and talent of a courtier.

forgive me. you know how i relish the chase.

i will see you in the morrow.

be at ease.

there are rules for survival. you taught me that.

i will remember. i will remain.

nothing comes above your calling.

no god or spirit worth my praise would have allowed this.

i never knew you were fond of gossip.

what did you dream?

may i join you?

let me get you some ginger. it will help.

it makes (name) twice the fool for planting that thought in your mind.

you have been enough of a fool today. i am in no mood for jests.

why were you in the snow? you could have frozen.

i cannot grant that wish.

i have never heard of such wanton cruelty.

i learned what it was to miss you for the first time.

you might find me less quiet if you had ever paused to speak to me.

forgive my undress.

honour is an axe with two blades.

there is a price.

on my oath, it won't happen again.

why do you rouse me?

shake your head and smile all you like.

i told you we'd make a strong match.

it is gentle poison, but poison nonetheless.

you are often stupid. but you fed me.

so long as she found her mark, she would miss the world catching fire in her wake.

may your dreams be clear.

i merely voiced a thought.

you have finally caught my attention.

do you have a name?

i have a thirst.

i will swear it with your blade, in my blood.

you. always you.

why are you lurking here in the dark?

i have no intention of staying awake longer than it takes me to finish this repast.

i saw how you looked at me in the throne room. and how often.

dialogue prompts from the remains of the day by kazuo ishiguro.

you look like you could make good use of a break.

take my advice: get out of the house for a few days.

there is no virtue in clinging to tradition for its own sake.

i had to choose my moment wisely.

i'd never have figured you for such a ladies' man.

you won't get a better view anywhere.

you're in good shape for your age.

you really are the best.

you know when somebody's got it, and you know when somebody hasn't.

i'm still not clear what you are getting at.

you and i have to work as a team.

i do not believe i am confused at all.

if only i had as much spare time as you apparently do.

ladies and gentlemen differ in several key respects.

would you mind coming to the point?

______ is perpetually underestimating me.

i hope i've been a good ______ to you.

i'm proud of you.

what you describe as 'amateurism' is what i think most of us here still prefer to call 'honor'.

'professionalism' appears to mean 'getting one's way by cheating and manipulating'. ordering one's priorities according to greed and advantage, rather than the desire to see goodness and justice prevail in the world.

are you alright? you look as though you're crying.

at one point, i would have sworn you were at least three people.

you talk almost like a gentleman.

you're the real thing, aren't you?

i may have given you a slightly misleading picture.

why did you tell such a tale?

i have chosen to tell white lies as the simplest means of avoiding unpleasantness.

i know i should be sorry.

things have not been all they might.

we must not allow sentiment to creep into our judgment.

it was wrong, what happened.

where could i have gone?

i feel so ashamed of myself, but i just couldn't leave. i just couldn't bring myself to leave.

what's done can hardly be undone.

why do you always have to pretend?

i suffered all the more because i believed i was alone.

can it be that you're flesh and blood, after all?

why is that guilty smile on your face?

i am slightly amused by your astonishing capacity to talk nonsense.

we don't have money, but who cares? we have love, and who wants anything else? we've got one another. that's all anyone can ever want.

it seems you were right, and i was wrong.

no doubt it's refreshing to leave the house, from time to time.

i really cannot imagine what more you might wish for, in life.

i am very, very tired. can you not appreciate that?

what is the sense in forever speculating what might have happened, if such-and-such a moment had turned out differently?

he may have had a lot of money, but he was no gentleman.

_____ took us all for fools.

a lot of hard talking and thinking goes on in this place. there's plenty of good, strong opinion around, and people aren't shy about expressing it.

some mistake acting high and mighty for dignity.

i suppose i have been very fortunate. i would be the first to admit that.

it's a great privilege to have been given a part to play, however small, on the world's stage.

public life can change people unrecognizably in a few short years.

in my own small way, i believe i'm doing my part.

people here want to be left alone to live their quiet little lives.

i do wish you'd sit down.

don't you care at all? aren't you at all curious?

today's world is too foul a place for fine and noble instincts.

i'm really sorry. i had no idea things had been so bad.

will you wait with me? it will only be a few minutes.

one can't be forever dwelling on what might have been.

it is too late to turn back the clock.

sea air does you a lot of good.

you never know who you're addressing, when you start talking to a stranger.

i gave _____ the very best i had to give, and now i find i do not have a great deal left to give.

i've given what i had to give. i gave it all to _____.

you want a hankie? i've got one somewhere. it's fairly clean.

i can't even say i made my own mistakes. what dignity is there in that?

you've got to enjoy yourself. the evening's the best part of the day.

what can we ever gain in forever looking back and blaming ourselves, if our lives have not turned out quite as we might have wished?

surely it is enough that the likes of you and me at least try to make a small contribution count for something true and worthy.

dialogue prompts from season one of code black.

when it rains, it pours, huh?

you're not dead until you're warm and dead.

this must be what it's like to go to the gym.

you are the least romantic person i have ever met in my life.

i remember you. you clocked me pretty well in the face.

doctors are all terrible patients.

i've never won the lotto, but i'm gonna win this.

that raft was big enough for both of them.

can't we disagree without impugning my integrity?

old age ain't for sissies.

bitch, it's bitch. i'm in the emergency room.

i forgot to feed the cat.

you're pretty cavalier about this.

you never went out and did something you regretted the next day?

all my friends are either dead or in ______.

excrement just made contact with an air distribution device.

what, you never threw a computer?

i always listen to music while i ______.

you have to take care of yourself, too.

i'm not mad at _____. i'm mad at myself.

this is not a lecture, it's talking. it's what friends do. they talk.

we shouldn't have had those drinks.

tell me a story. about you.

i see you, and i feel like i'm looking at me at your age.

sometimes there's no good answer.

_____ shouldn't have died alone.

i don't go out. ever.

if you want to play the grief olympics, i'm a gold medalist.

it's okay. you're just not ready yet.

i tried exercise once. it didn't take.

it's a miracle you're alive at all.

sometimes i think i'm being punished, and i don't know why.

when the warranty runs out, you have to get rid of the car.

it's been a long time since you felt someone look at you, hasn't it?

ten minutes to sunrise.

it's like game of thrones in this place right now.

if you can't be useful to me, get out.

i know you're scared, but i've got you.

i need you to say something motivational.

i can't imagine this place without ______.

yell at me again, i'm gonna put you over my knee.

i'm flattered and offended at the same time.

you cried. and it was an ugly cry, too.

you're alive. they're not.

if i die today, my one wish would be that you live. really live.

you're not lying to cover for _____, are you?

what's a videotape?

i knew you had a tough job, but i didn't know how hard.

i know. i love you, too.

you think ____ is all you have, but you're wrong. you have me.

you want us to decide who lives and dies?

if you do it right, you'll save more lives than you lose.

this can't be happening again.

look at me. don't give up.

i passed out in the store. some do-gooder called 911.

anxiety is totally normal.

i don't have anxiety. i'm just being careful, that's all.

i have never been happier to see you.

i don't report to you.

i'm always glad to see you, just not glad to see you here.

the flip side to everyone's best quality is their worst quality.

that's a lot of blood.

what if nobody comes?

i'm not dying tonight. i have plenty of time left.

it really doesn't matter now, does it? we are where we are.

see? i made it one more day. i told you i would.

you know i'm trying to help you, right?

the only thing worse than a lack of confidence is overconfidence.

i'm sorry for being such a hot mess.

i would not classify you as a hot mess. you're more tepid-to-lukewarm.

does it ever go away? the fear?

you don't exactly bring out the vulnerable in people.

i don't know what you think you know, but you don't.

i'm here now. i'm not going anywhere.

i said it was insane, i didn't say i wouldn't do it.

squeeze my hand if you can hear me.

i know you stole my vuitton dress and i know that wine stain was from you.

time is precious. trust me on that.

kindness is never above anybody's pay grade.

man, you suck at charades.

they're brainwashing you.

i love my kids, but they are serial killers, all of them.

i would get more privacy working in a strip club.

let me give you some advice: check yourself before you wreck yourself.

you saved your own life.

you don't know how good you are, do you?

people will talk. hr will flip.

you gotta 'eat, pray, love'. that's what oprah says.

i'll buy you a piece of pie.

you need to work on your outward display of emotion.

once in a while, you can be shown the light in the strangest of places, if you look at it right.

trying to change your mind is like trying to change the direction a river flows.

i sent you 32 letters. all of them returned unopened.

you're letting your hatred blind you. it makes you look weak.

i never figured out who i am without _____. i need to do that.

a voice inside my head said 'run', so i ran.

don't you think you're being a little dramatic?

playing that tape over and over in your head isn't good for anything.

don't let this change you. don't let this destroy the goodness that's in you.

i haven't told you today how nice you look.

you're too young to be exhausted.

i love daisies. they're uncomplicated, but wild.

if you don't eat this, i'm going to.

you and i take this to our graves. agreed?

i can't tell you how good it is to see you here.

in a lot of ways, i think i know you better than anyone.

you're hiding behind semantics.

thank you for talking to me about _____ and not asking me how i'm doing.

never take your losses into the next game.

you gotta wear the skin you're born in.

i remember everything you taught me. every single thing.

everything someone believes in is gonna sound crazy to someone else.

i'm not trying to hassle you. i'm just trying to be a friend.

if you were really my friend, you'd drop it.

there are no news cameras in here. there's no one for you to play to.

could you stop working for a minute?

i thought i was protecting you, but i was wrong.

i don't know how, but i promise you, i'm gonna make it right.

i won't be anyone's second choice.

the pills let me not think about it.

you can't go around a problem. you have to go through it.