The Last Satedan: Ronon Dex

Lips curling in a grin, the Satedan reached up to tie his dreads back again. “If you’re up for it.”

“Mind if we take a little side trip?”

“Complications arose, ensued, were overcame.”

“It’s been some time since we’ve done a speck of honest pirating.”

“Is that how you’re all feeling? That I’m not serving your interests as captain?”

“You know it’s bad luck for the groom to see the bride before the wedding.”

“Why is the rum always gone?”

“I’m sorry for the part I played in mutinying against you.”

“Funny what a man’ll do to forestall his final judgment.”

“One soul, bound to crew a lifetime upon his ship.”

“For the love of mother and child, what’s coming after us?”

“When goods do not cross borders, armies will.”

“The world is shrinking, the blank edges of the map filled in.”

“We must find our own avenue to secure your freedom.”

“I never expected you would bear the consequences.”

“I share the consequences gladly.”

“If it weren’t for these bars, I’d have you already.”

“I’ll wait for you.”

“Keep a weather eye on the horizon.”

“I’ve arranged passage for you back to England.”

“He is a better man than you give him credit.”

“Please, this is no time for innocence.”

“Do not ask me to endure the sight of losing my daughter walking to the gallows.”

“She always was a willful child.”

“You’ve discovered that loyalty is no longer the currency of the realm.”

“Consider into your calculations that you robbed me of my wedding night.”

“If both of you fancy the dress, you’ll just have to share it and wear it one after the other.”

“The feast starts when the sun sets.”

“Now that we’re not immortal no more, we need to take care of our immortal souls.”

“There comes a time when one must take responsibility for one’s mistakes.”

“Imagine, the last thing you know on God’s green earth is the roar of the Kraken and the reeking odour of a thousand rotting corpses.”

“I always knew the wind was going to blow you back to me one day.”

“You have a touch of destiny in you.”

“What vexes all men?”

“It was a woman, as changing and harsh and untamable as the sea.”

“Is the jar of dirt going to help?”

“I cut down anyone in my path.”

“Do you fear death?”

“The last glimmer of moonlight that dies in the dawning of your final day.”

“Do you not fear death?”

“Life is cruel! Why should the afterlife be any different?”

“You cling to the pain of life and fear death.”

“You have a debt to pay.”

“One soul is not the same as another.”

“As has been the cause before, I am oddly compelled to listen to you.”

“You can condemn an innocent man- a friend- to a lifetime of servitude in your name while you roam free?”

“What is the worth of a man’s soul?”

“I figured I should get out and see the world while I’m still young.”

“My story? Same as your story. Just one chapter behind.”

“Sorry- old habits die and all that.”

“What has the world done to you?”

“I’ve come to find the man I love.”

“I’m deeply flattered but my first and only love is the sea.”

“Hide the rum.”

“What would prompt such act of charity?”

“Those who’ve done things to you, you tend to forget.”

“I’ve sworn no oath.”

“Don’t stab the heart!”

“A bit of manual labor is good for you. It builds character.”

“Fate worse than death, living a life like that.”

“There was a time when I’d have given anything for you to look like that while thinking of me, just once.”

“There is something to knowing the exact shape of the world and your place in it.”

“Do what you can for my daughter.”

“Each man has a price he will gladly accept, even for goods he never hoped to sell.”

“I only bet for what’s dominant in a man’s heart.”

“What a man is willing to risk, or not risk, that’s a measure of his soul.”

“A woman need not cause you to be desperate if you chose the right woman.”

“I choose my own fate.”

“You can’t beat the devil twice, son.”

“What was it you said about that which is dearest to a man’s heart?”

“It was always in my blood I’d die at sea. That’s not a fate I ever wanted for you.”

“I will not rest until this blade pierces his heart.”

“I promise, I will not abandon you.”

“What makes you believe it is your son who is being punished here?”

“My tremendous intuitive sense of the female creature informs me you are troubled.”

“I just thought I’d be married by now. I am so ready to be married.”

“I like marriage! It’s like a wager on who will fall out of love first.”

“You know, I am captain of a ship. I could perform a marriage right here, right on this deck, right now.”

“Admit it, we are so much alike, you and I.”

“You long for freedom. To do what you want because you want it, to act on selfish impulse. You want to see what it’s like.”

“There will come a moment when you have the chance to show it- to do the right thing.”

“I love those moments! I like to wave as they pass by!”

“You will have a chance to do something brave, and in that moment you will discover something. That you are a good man.”

“Since you are a good man, I know you would never put me in a position to compromise my honor.”

“I don’t think it’s Kracken anyways. I always heard it said Kray-ken.”

“It’s a mythical creature and I can calls it what I wants.”

“Better mad with the rest of the world than sane alone.”

“I do that a lot and yet people are still surprised.”

“Everything you said to me, every word, was a lie.”

“I knew you’d warm up to me eventually.”

“Ah. The dark side of ambition.”

“I prefer to think of it as the promise of redemption.”

“Oh fine! Let’s just all haul out our swords and start banging away at each other! Have at it!”

“I’ve had enough of rum soaked, wobbly legged, pirates!”

“If we was only kind of decent, we’d remove temptation from their path.”

“Excuse me while I kill the man who ruined my life.”

“You’re very handy with a blade but we both know how this is going to end.”

“I say we respect his final wish.”

“Abandon ship or abandon hope!”

“I always knew you were a good man.”

“The world seems bit less bright without him.”

“He was a gentleman of fortune, he was.”