dialogue prompts from animorphs #7: the stranger by k.a. applegate.

you always seem so sure of yourself.

i was trying to sound responsible and mature and parental.

turn off the look. i hate that look.

everyone knows you're going to do whatever you feel like doing.

what's got you so serious?

i like doing things, instead of just talking about them.

you were starting to worry me. you were sounding so sensible.

you seem afraid, and your fear is beginning to scare me.

i had to get out of the house.

why don't you tell me what's really bothering you?

you're all weird. you don't seem like you.

you know you can always talk to me, right?

when i'm scared, i get mad.

i don't believe you can tell the future.

you're out of control.

we're okay. we're safe.

let's get out of here.

get some rest, huh?

you don't look too good.

if you're having some problems, i want you to talk to me.

i did the wrong thing.

you and i need to have a little talk.

in my other life, i was a _____.

what am i supposed to do?

it's not like you to get all emotional.

i need to stop thinking.

i didn't see you at _____ today.

don't give me your sarcasm.

i don't have any answers. i'm sick of trying to have answers.

i don't know what your problem is, but you know what? you deal with it.

different things bother different people.

i'm scared, okay? just like you.

i was brave, because i thought that's how i was supposed to be.

the more exits i see, the more scared i get.

i don't like this. i don't even halfway like this.

when did this happen?

i'm so sick of this. what's the point?

we need to think this through.

i'm tired of thinking.

i'm changing my vote.

that's not going to happen. not to me.

you know i would never run from a fight.

events are intertwined in ways we cannot always see.

sometimes small things can make huge differences.

who knows what's weird anymore?

you're wrong. at least this time.

you're bleeding.

i wasn't brave, i was just blind.

what does this mean?

have we changed the future?

everything changes the future.

somehow i knew i'd hear from you again.

are you telling me this was all a waste?

you know, you can always change your mind.

❛ How are you really doing, Barret? I've noticed lately that .. uhm -- I've been worried about you. ❜

but  he's  feeling  good.  he  feels  like  he  has  a  direction,  a  group  of  folks  who  ...  who  need  him.  and  he's  gonna  do  better  by  them  than  he  did  the  ones  back  home.  he  has  to.  ❝  that  'eye  for  an  eye'  nonsense?  only  ones  blind  are  the  ones  bowin'  their  heads  eatin'  the  bullshit  straight  outta  shinra's  hands.  i'm  seein'  clear  these  days.  ❞   here  he  goes,  off  on  a  tangent  again.  but  she  listens,  or  at  least  barret  thinks  she  does,  and  he  appreciates  the  ear  with  or  without  a  drink.  good  woman.  people  like  her  —  'less  he  wants  to  get  sentimental,  he'll  stop  that  thought  now.  but  the  care  makes  it's  way  up  and  out  in  kind,   ❝  y'good,  tifa?  if  all  of  us  ain't  a  hundred  percent  then  none  of  us  are.  ❞

dialogue prompts from season four of burden of truth.

what was your mom like?

i couldn't do it. i didn't give up.

you're not yourself. i worry about you.

was that supposed to make me feel better?

this could be a really nice place.

it's okay to be nervous.

i need you. we're a team.

no one was supposed to get hurt.

give me the bat.

at least i'm honest about who i work for and what i do.

what you do in this world is who you are.

is it cool if we don't really talk about that right now?

what kind of trouble you in?

i can find somewhere else to stay.

i really hope it's okay that i came.

i said something i shouldn't have.

i'm so sorry i left the way i did.

no one's talked to me like i'm a person in a while. i guess it kind of freaked me out.

you've been so good to me.

the sound travels in this place. i just wish you had told me.

no one noticed i was gone.

i feel like enough of a failure on my own.

apology pizza.

you did your best. and you played by the rules.

the law isn't very good at protecting people. it's better at compensating them once the damage is already done.

you bottle things up. it's not good for you, and it's not good for us.

every time i leave, i just get dragged back.

nobody does anything selflessly. i should know.

i don't even know if i'm allowed to want anything for myself anymore.

to think i looked up to you.

you have no idea what _____ is capable of.

who taught you that? that being scared is a bad thing?

i don't want to spend another night apart from you for the rest of our lives.

i know it doesn't feel like it, but i'm here with you.

oh, i don't trust you. i'm scared of you.

don't wake the baby.

you can come back from this. you're the toughest person i've ever met.

you can't waste time looking back on the past. trust me.

the world can be a scary place. people can be awful to each other.

pretending this isn't real won't make it go away.

i'm tired of waiting on justice to show up.

do your worst. i got nothing to lose.

why are you willing to fight for everyone but yourself?

how do you prove that something doesn't exist?

i'm sure you're disappointed, but i'm not dead yet.

it's more dramatic in the movies, but it's still sweet.

i know it feels like everything right now. trust me, i know that.

i was just trying to do what i thought you would do.

does this ever get easier?

you don't think a lot of me.

i think the world of you. that's the problem.

no one's ever done anything for me before.

it shouldn't end this way. sometimes, it just does.

you were always the one to watch.

i didn't know you were here. i would've reached out.

you want me to forgive you so you can feel better.

you did something wrong, but it shouldn't be fatal.

are you really just gonna be a mom?

that's who you are. you stand up for people.

you have more than made up for any harm you've done.

you are good. you just have to be brave enough to prove it.

if you don't face your past, you will never be free from it.

i didn't used to be like this, you know?

someday, when you're ready, you'll let people in.

i read once, 'be who you needed'.

i think good character is about trying.

you run your life, for better or worse.

thank you. no one's ever been this nice to me before.

i got you a present. to celebrate your success. you need to do that more.

you gave me the courage to be the person i always should have been. thank you for that.

i never thought i could have that. i didn't think i was worthy.

you are so strong. so good. so patient, and so kind.

somehow, you make me calm.

i want it to be you and me. for good. forever.

no one fights harder or loves deeper than you.

you protect your people. i love being one of your people.

i never actually believed i was anything special, but you made me feel like i was. like i am.