dialogue prompts from the warning: animorphs #16 by k.a. applegate.
this is serious. this is deadly serious.
i just want to get back to a life someday where i don't have to make decisions that might get people killed.
you really think someday we can all go back to being regular kids?
i'm okay. i'm better than i was.
you're not authorized to be here.
you don't have to prove how tough you are.
you may fool the others, but not me.
i'm not supposed to be human. i'm supposed to be the leader.
nobody expects you to be superman.
you think they won't respect you if you admit you're terrified?
it's not about respect, or even about being scared. it's about letting fear telling you what to do.
you're usually right, but this time you're wrong.
we all have good reasons to be afraid.
a leader may be just as weak or scared or doubtful as anyone else. but they aren't allowed to show it.
people say they want leaders to be just like them, but i don't think so. people want leaders to act the way people wish they could act themselves.
we didn't do any favors when we made you leader, did we?
would it kill you to have dinner with your family?
mostly, what people want is to be left alone.
we don't have time to be subtle.
who am i to be giving anyone orders?
stay with me, but stay back.
i don't want to hurt you.
you may shoot me, but you won't kill me fast enough to keep me from taking you down.
we're not getting paid nearly enough.
we put down our weapons and walk away.
only one of us could be great.
you've fought _____, and yet you're still alive. not many have accomplished that.
i've found a way to stay alive without _____.
you're lying. or at least you're not telling the whole truth.
your arrogance is so unbelievable.
maybe you're not so clever, after all.
answer me, and you'll live.
i suppose i'll have to rely on honor.
i told you you were safe. i promised.
i wasn't going to say what you think.
you want me to get rid of ____ for you?
what are you doing out here? thinking great thoughts?
it's a beautiful night. look at the stars.
if anything was bothering you, you could probably tell me without my embarrassing you too much.
in a lot of ways, being a kid is worse than being an adult.
as bad as you feel right now, as bad as things may be, at least it isn't as bad as being a teenager.
it's hard to fight evil without doing some, along the way.
not everything can be settled. not everything can be smoothed over.
sometimes there is no right answer to the problems we face, but what can you do but keep trying to figure the answer out, anyway? what else can you do?