𝚜𝚞𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚡𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍: "𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚊 𝚐𝚘𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐."

                   ❛   i   stand   as   no   such   thing   for   i   believe   in   no   god.   making   myself   one   would   be   hypocrisy   in   its  own   definition.   the   𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧   𝙬𝙖𝙮   is   the   ONLY   way   to   reach   my   PROMISED   LAND   and   i   shall   tolerate   no   obstacles   to   stand   in   my   way   to   CLAIM   it..   ❜

𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚘𝚢𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚢 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍: ‘𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚞𝚗𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎, 𝚍𝚘𝚗’𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔?’

                   ❛   upon   their   knees   with   begging   cries   to   spare   their   lives...   hospitality   had   been   granted   to   them   and   yet...   they   refused   to   convert.   being   unreasonable   have   served   its   purpose.   ❜   

𝚣𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚕 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍: “𝙸’𝚖 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞”

                    ❛   YOU   do   not   have   to   be...   but   every   time   you   will   not,   i   will   remind   you   to   pay   attention   to   every   word   i   SAY.   ❜   hands   clasped   behind   his   back,   the   𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧   stared   ahead,   letting   silence   fill   the   soundless   void   he   had   allowed   for   a   moment.      ❛   HAVE   ever   felt   pain   so   grand   you   would   wish   to   never   feel   AGAIN?   ❜

𝚌𝚑𝚌𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚖𝚜 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍: "𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚔, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖." -- 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝙲𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚢

                          ❛   WE   do   not   share   the   same   vision   of   weakness.   first   and   foremost,   i   am   a   𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧,   we   have   no   use   for   such   trivial   and   basic   feelings.   not   like   𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨   who   let   themselves   being   led   by   their   own   love,   hatred,   sadness,   happiness,   doubts   and   pain.   such   emotions   so   massively   intense   it   can   bring   them   upon   their   knees   like   common   slaves...   ❜   

darkness   held   itself   into   the   commander’s   hazel   eyes   as   they   slowly   dragged   themselves   over   the   woman   with   disinterest.      ❛   I   buried   them   purposely   for   i   have   no   need   for   them.   call   me   weak   again   and   i   will   see   that   you   are   reminded   why   such   perception   can   lead   you   to   your   downfall.   ❜

"Tell me, if we released your people and theirs, what would have happened to mine?"

"If you need forgiveness, I'll give that to you. You're forgiven."

"I tried. I tried to be the good guy"

"Their blood is on your hands."

"But I made this choice with my head and not my heart."

"Either you get up and fight this or you crawl away and die alone like a coward."

"You think you're a god at everything."

"Maybe there are no good guys."

"Empirical evidence doesn't lie."

"You say having feelings makes me weak, but you're weak for hiding from them."

"Touch me again and I'll end you. In a non-criminal way."

"Maybe life should be about more than just surviving."

"Stay alive and be ready to fight. War is coming."

"After everything we've done, do we even deserve to survive?"

"I won't let you die."

"You're a natural born revolutionary."

"I won't let you surrender."

the   cuffs   around   their   respective   wrists   was   heavy   and   massive.   their   mechanism   was   quite   an   elaborate   maze   clearly   not   meant   to   be   picked   open.   the   link   that   bound   the   two   was   a   chain,   its   weight   determined   to   drive   the   wearer   insane   unless   they   were   a   𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧.