â long way from home, arenât you? â
â why do you even care? you could have just walked away.  â
â Â i almost feel bad for you. Â â
â i can tell you a thing or two about family matters.  â   Â
â Â lucky for you, my scheduleâs wide open. Â â
â Â theyâre gonna be sorry they picked this fight. Â â
â i heard you. itâs not up for discussion.  â
â Â i will rain down agony, every possible violation, upon you. Â â
â  um, alrightâŠthat hurt a little.  â
â Â you think you understand, but you donât. Â â
â  didnât you hear that? voices. it feltâŠevil. â
â  you do not want this fight. â
â Â truth is more important than kindness. Â â
â Â i know every corner of these lands, every language spoken, every war waged, every deal struck. Â â
â Â it should have been you. you hear me? you. not her. Â â
â Â only use this as a last resort. Â â
â deny it all you want, but you saved me.  â
â Â you donât want me and you never will. Â â
â Â they do not stop us, so they do not concern us. Â â
â Â only time you talk to me is when you need something. Â â
â Â that doesnât mean you should lie to your friends or family. Â â
â will i see you again? â
â Â donât leave me alone ever again. Â â Â Â Â
â Â you see in the eyes of a child. Â â
â  i know you hate gods but you really canât stay away from them, can you? â
â Â you are in your head. let it go. Â â
â Â it is wise to be discreet. Â â
â you are rightâŠi do not believe you.  â
â  the power of any weapon comes from your heartâŠbut only when tempered by your head. â
â wow, youâre so stupid. that your fatherâs doing? or your motherâs? â
â  will we see people on the road? friendly? will they try to rob us? â
â  smells like rotting eggs. is it still good? â
â youâve only killed those deserving, right? â
â youâre sounding more like your father by the minute.  â
â Â that thing was trying to kill us. itâs not like you donât get angry in a fight. Â â
â Â leave. my. home. Â â
â Â you killed against my wishes. Â â
â Â itâs all you talk about, over and over. do something about it or shut up. Â â
â  behind you, watch out! â
â donât know, donât care.  â
â Â this used to be a challenge. Â â
â Â this place feels like a prison. Â â
â Â it feels like something is waiting for us down here. Â â
â Â donât be sorry. be better. Â â
â Â kill for survival, not for indulgence. Â â
â canât believe youâve lasted this long.  â
â in war, a soldier sees beauty in the blood of his enemy.  â
â Â the winds of fate have given us a strange coincidence. Â â
â  close your heart to their desperation. close your heart to their suffering. â
â  youâve had to kill people before, havenât you? youâre used to it. â
â  why do you say nothing? â
â  youâve seen it with your own eyes. you canât hurt me. nothing can. â
â anger can be a weapon if you control it.  â
â Â whatever it is you seek, i do not have it. you should move on. Â â
â  when they find you - and they will - theyâll make things difficult. â
â Â there is one unavoidable truth you will never escape: you cannot change. Â â
â only time you talk to me is when you need something. â
â Â we do what me must to survive. Â â
â  follow down this path and head for daylight. â
â Â heh. thought youâd be bigger. Â â
â you have a knack for ominous statemants.  â
â Â just tell me what i want to know! no need for this to get bloody. Â â
â we all gotta take responsibility sometime, huh? â
â Â that was a waste of a perfectly good apple. Â â
â Â you think iâm weak, because iâm not like you. Â â
â  butâŠyou told me never to go down there.  â
â Â you know, i really hoped iâd never see this place again. Â â
â until our journey is over, one of us must remain focused.  â
â  you must be better than me. understand? â
â did something change? the forest feels different now. â
â  with power comes a big choice. you serve yourself or you serve others. â
â  do not mistake my silence for lack of grief. â
â Â we are not men. we are more than that. Â â
â Â i know i was never what you wanted. Â â
â mourn how you wish. leave me to my own. â
â  hurry! iâm slipping. â
â Â do not allow yourself to feel for them. they do not feel for you. Â â
â do not concern yourself with what might be. focus on what is. â
â Â we do as we please. no excuses. Â â
â your father can kill. are you going to be able to do that? â
â Â accuracy over speed. Â â
â  you left me here. again. why donât you care? â
â what, you want a hug? â
â Â finish what you started. Â â
â  you know, for someone so strong, you worry a lot. â
â Â you are hunting deer - not chasing it. Â â
â i donât know you and you donât know me⊠donât seem to want to.  â
â  killing animals i get. theyâre food. but people⊠theyâre just trying to survive too. â
â  do you hear that? it sounds like someone screaming. â
â  iâm going to cut off your head now. â
â itâsâŠitâs still alive.  â
â we are here because of you. never forget that.  â
â  do not speak again. â
â your angerâŠyou can get lost in it.  â
â you donât have to be the smartest man in the world to see that. â
â weâve come so far. there has to be a way.  â
â Â donât you see? they never gave up hope. and neither should we. Â â
â you can change your path. itâs not too late.  â
â  iâve been to many strange places⊠but this is a new one.  â
â oh, cut it out, princess. youâre gonna get me all weepy.  â
â you are too quick to temper. you a rash, insubordinate and out of control.  â
â Â the path ahead is difficult and you are not ready. Â â
â Â you are not ready - stay back. Â â
â Â think iâm afraid of you?! youâre nothing to me. Â â
â stay by me. touch nothing.  â
â  you were gone for so long i thought that you⊠ â   Â
â Â you will always be a monster. Â â
â look at me! look at me! â
â Â you are going to have to kill me for that to happen. Â â
â can you kill something that big?  â
â Â on our journey we will be attacked by all manner of creature. Â â
â so weâre gonna go toward the creepy singing? â
â why are there two beds in there? â
â Â slow down. your haste will cost us. Â â
â Â i warned you. you would not listen. Â â
â  no, waitâŠiâm not giving up. i justâŠhave to catch my breath.  â
â well, this is it. itâs been an honor.  â
â you left me alone to fight.  â
â are you the last of your family too? â
â my mother made it for me.  â
â fight until we stop or we are dead.  â
â the last in his realm of all this kind and you shoot him. â
â Â come. no looking back now. Â â
â Â youâre more concerned with their safety than our goal. Â â
â i donât think weâre supposed to be in here.  â  Â
â  iâmâŠsorry for your loss.  â
â Â i hoped thatâd you, out of all the people iâve faced, would make me feel something. Â â
â slow and old. you should never have come here.  â
â that bowâs a little big for you, isnât it? â
â  earlier you said people might kill us. iâll kill them if they try. â
â  pain we endure. faulty weaponry we do not. â
â  let me guessâŠyouâre gonna be smug and say we shouldnât have got involved.  â
â  no. youâve been gone a long, long time! â
â Â if you try, iâll try. Â â
â  wow, uhâŠthat was something, that fight.  â
â you did not think it was important to tell me? â
â Â death suits you better. Â â
â  is it dishonorable to grow old? â
â Â so unclean. so, so unclean. Â â
â Â you wonât stop me. Â â
â  and i thought my family was fucked up. â
â Â iâm strong. iâm smart. iâm not what you think i am. Â â
â  when i require your counsel, i will ask.  â
â donât you know when to give up? â
â Â listen to me. i can help. Â â
â Â youâve taught me so much. let me teach you something. Â â
â okay. there are a few gaps in my knowledge. â
â the path you walk. vengeance. you will find no peace.  â
â Â you know i love you. you just can be better. i know you can be. Â â
â Â let them go. take me instead. Â â
â Â iâve never felt more alive. Â â
â  noâŠyouâre bleeding.  â
â do you have any idea, any idea at all, what you have cost me? â
â i used to dream about getting eaten.  â
â Â relax. do not think of it as an animal. it is simply a target. Â â
â Â try to find forgiveness, and we can start something new. Â â
â there is much about me i wonât have you know. â
â  have you ever heard the term âtempting fate?â â
â Â your memory was a comfort in dark times. Â â
â Â she meant more to me than you anyway. Â â
â you are not yourself.  â
â Â if seeing me dead will make things right, i wonât stop you. Â â
â  iâd bow if i could, your majesty. â
â  then we will go home. to give up this easily, so close to the start⊠ â
â Â only fire when i tell you to fire. Â â
â Â not my blood. Â â
â nobodyâs killed a dragon for hundreds of years. Â â
â are they deadâŠ? oh! not dead! not dead! â
â  a dangerous beast. weâll take him down together. â