OPERATIVE.

❛   what  are  you  doing?   ❜

❛   what ,  you’re  going  to  kill  me?  ❜

❛   fuck !  put  the  gun  down !  please , come on !  it’s  me ,  alright ?  ❜

❛   what  are  you  doing  with  that ?   ❜

❛   please ..  don’t  do  this  anymore !   ❜

❛   let  her/them/him  go  or  i’ll  blow  you  away !  ❜

❛   wait ! okay …  okay !  okay , i’ll  tell  you ,  whatever  you  want  to  know  ..   ❜

❛   you  point  that  thing  at  me  you  better  pull  the  trigger .  ❜

❛   alright , alright , alright  ..  i’ll talk !   ❜

❛   please ,  just  let  me  go ,  i  won’t  tell  anyone …  i  promise  .  ❜

❛   let  me  out  of  here !   let  me  go !   ❜

❛   you’re  not  getting  away  this  time  …  ❜

❛   actually ,  i  think  i  better  get  going  …   it’s  late  and  …   ❜

❛   come  on !  fight  back !  fight  back !  fight  back  you  coward !   ❜

❛   come  on ,  hit  me !   ❜

❛   do  it !  pull  the  trigger !  do  it  ,  do  it  ,  do  it !   ❜

❛   come  and  find  me  …  polo !  ❜

❛   i  don’t  want  to  hide  anymore ,  i  don’t  want  to  be  afraid  anymore  …   ❜

❛   you   keep   saying   you’re   going   to   stop   but   you   don’t !  ❜

❛   how   many   more   people   need   to   die   before   you’re   satisfied ?  ❜

❛   why   are   you   doing   this ?   ❜

❛   don’t   come   any   closer  ,   that’s   far   enough  .   ❜

❛   if   you  don’t   pull   the   trigger   i’ll   pull   it   for   you  !   ❜

❛   i  thought  that  you  were  in  danger  …   ❜

❛   you’re  dangerous  …  i ,   i  just  don’t  want  to  end  up  dead ..   ❜

❛   i  promise  i  won’t  hurt  you  …    ❜

❛   can  you  please  stop  screwing  with  my  mind ,  god  !   ❜

❛   i  don’t  want  to  be  here  anymore ,  please ,  can  we  go  back ?   ❜

❛   um  ….  i’m  not  sure  i  want  to  go ,   thanks   anyway  ..   ❜

❛   that  sounds  dangerous  ….   i’m  in .   ❜

❛   i  don’t  know ,  it  sounds  awfully  dangerous  …  ❜

❛   stay  back  or  i  will  rip  your  head  off  !  ❜

❛   i  think  …   this   is   wrong ,  no .  i  can’t  just  stand  by   and   watch   it  .   ❜

❛   do  you  think  you  would  ever  hurt  me  like  that ?   ❜

❛   i  can’t  be  with  someone  who  could  hurt  me  like  that  …  ❜

❛   this  is  not  love  !   it   is   obsession  !   a   sick  one  at   that  !  ❜

❛   are  you  following  me  ?   what  …   what  do  you  want  ?   money  ?   ❜

❛   please  …  i  have  money ,   just  let  me  go  .  ❜

❛   i  don’t  think  you  realize  how  the  dangerous  this  game  is  ..   ❜

❛   it’s  not  just  a  game  !   ❜

❛   if  you’re  in  some  kind  of  trouble ,  you  can  tell  me  .   ❜

❛   come  on  ,   it’s  just  a  game ,  what  could  go  so  wrong  ?   ❜

❛   are  you  the  one  that’s  been  watching  me  ?   stalking  me  ?  ❜

❛   actually ,  do  you  mind  if  we  just  stop/pull  over  here  ?   ❜

❛   what  are  you  doing ?   you  missed  the  stop  back  there ?   ❜

❛   hello ?   is   someone  there  ?   ❜

❛   you’re  scaring  me  …   ❜

Or send “Restrained?” for a randomly generated number.

“ what did we even — what did we even hit ? i hope that wasn’t like a really ugly person. “

“ at least it didn’t suffer.  “

“ i will name my first born  ___ “ 

“ why must the universe punish the good ? “ 

“ metal is willing but the spirit is weak. “

“ wait, what? this is totally uncool. “ 

“ parting is such sweet sorrow. “ 

“ i am a winner, ___ ! i am a winner ! “ 

“ yeah, yeah. tell the nice man what you did to us next… you know, in our time of need. tell him what you did then. “ 

“ we should just shoot them first. “ 

“ save the bullets. the fall will definitely kill them.” 

“ stop it with the embellishments. what really happened ? “ 

“ actually that’s exactly how it went down. “ 

“ i was trying to kill them. “ 

“ wait wait wait, what is this ? is this real or is this — is this a joke ? “ 

“ this is your doom. “ 

“ need some help over there? looks like you’re struggling a bit. “ 

“ [ sarcastically ] woooow, nicely done. “ 

“ i don’t… need that right now. “ 

“ oh come on, you cannot tell me that wasn’t cool !” 

“ you’re…you’re really cool… i just… i wanted you to know that . “

“ i’m sorry okay, i’m sorry. it was just to keep him off our backs —” 

“ i would never betray you bro, do you forgive me ?” 

“ i knew you’d never betray me, bro. “ 

“ [ fistbumps your muse ] “ 

“ hey, we’re bros bro. “ 

“ he would do this thing where he would punch me in the face whenever he’d see me. “ 

“ no, still nothing. i punched my mom for christ sake —” 

“ you are the freakin’ cutest robot i’ve ever seen. “

“ this should be interesting. “  

“ actually, you know what? screw this guy!” 

“ its uh — its really romantic. “ 

“ what did you— what… what did you just say ?” 

“ am i wrong? look at this place. “ 

“ no, no its not wrong… just a really weird thing to say. “ 

“ i— weird is a bit harsh. i mean, depends how you kinda… look at it.” 

Zane the Operative | Concept Art for Borderlands 3