* THUNDERER .

❛ you know what? when we met, i thought i was a big shot talking to a pretty girl hidden away in the middle of nowhere. ❜    ❛ try not to forget about me while you’re out there changing the world. ❜   ❛ i’m already under some heavy divine pressure. but i’ll try to live up to it. ❜   ❛ after all that’s happened, all you’ve done…i feel like i should drop to your knees and worship you. ❜ ❛ for you sake, i must go where you will never find me. this is goodbye. ❜   ❛ i’ll always have a minute for you. maybe even two. ❜   ❛ i knew there was something about you. hammered from the stuff they make leaders out of. ❜   ❛ he’s smiling at us. ❜   ❛ i remember yelling that i didn’t care. ❜   ❛ you have to use your smarts to count for something, to serve life, not death. ❜   ❛ if you had had a child, what would you have wished for him or her? ❜   ❛ do you really not hear how ridiculous that sounds?  ❜   ❛ confidence is quiet. you’re not.  ❜   ❛ ha. it was just an instant, but i knew. i knew we’d be forever. ❜   ❛ i’ve done all i can. from here on out, the rest is up to you. ❜   ❛ there’s so much more to discover before the world ends.   ❜   ❛ the way you smiled…i had to look away or you were going to see. on my face. what had just… blossomed inside me, you know? ❜   ❛ as it turned out, it was your world all along. i was merely… trespassing. ❜   ❛ you just can’t leave me alone, can you? ❜   ❛ turn your face to the sun. ❜ ❛ why is it, every time something terrible happens, everyone tells you the worst thing that ever happened to them, as though that makes it easier? ❜   ❛ no —- you don’t need to bow. ❜   ❛ the strength to stand alone is the strength to make a stand. ❜   ❛ what’s that now? don’t like the cold? ❜   ❛ welcome to my ravine of death.  ❜ ❛ keep moving or you’ll die!  ❜         ❛ hey. my eyes are up here.  ❜   ❛ you defeated it…alone?  ❜   ❛ today i speak your name - but will the goddess speak it back? ❜ ❛ you must be humble and respect their power. ❜   ❛ i’m here and wherever you go, i will follow. ❜   ❛ even a king can learn his lesson. ❜   ❛ we can still have a party, right? sure we can. ❜   ❛ what is that on your face? ❜   ❛ the wilds can be dangerous. you need to stay close and do as i say. ❜ ❛ so? what do you say? how about we try and kill each other?  ❜   ❛ you’re still scratched up from the fall you did yesterday. ❜   ❛ what do you think i’m doing? taking a nap?  ❜   ❛ guess we can’t have everything.  ❜   ❛ so that’s what this is? a tantrum? a cry for attention?  ❜   ❛ never celebrate a victory before it’s earned. ❜   ❛ you’re bleeding. let me have a look. ❜   ❛ you’re an idiot. a dangerous idiot..but an idiot.  ❜   ❛ you were only chosen because you were a fool, too stupid to realize you were being used. ❜   ❛ not everyone follows the law like you do. ❜   ❛ take this, to … remember. ❜ ❛ my fight. i can’t ask you to come with me. ❜ ❛ you survived! i thought you were killed. ❜ ❛ we have more important things to do than ask questions.  ❜   ❛ that could be the least creepy thing you’ve said to me.  ❜   ❛ rough going but you survived.  ❜        ❛ this attachment to me will only hold you back. ❜   ❛ you will turn back - or bleed. your choice. ❜   ❛ you can sense it. you already know you’re going to lose. ❜   ❛ i need to catch a breath.  ❜   ❛ you know, i often think of the day i gave you that scar. it’s a cherished memory. ❜   ❛ are you going to shut your mouth? because that would be a surprise. ❜ ❛ it’s time to make your first kill. ❜   ❛ why are you talking like we’ll never see each other again? ❜   ❛ you can be a real lard sometimes. cut it out. ❜   ❛ i’m not afraid of you. i’m not afraid of anything. ❜   ❛ now if you’ll excuse me, i’m going to get some sleep. i plan to be well rested when i run you into the ground tomorrow. ❜ ❛ not all comforts are bad. ❜   ❛ better dead last than dead altogether. ❜   ❛ no witnesses! no survivors! ❜   ❛ are you crazy? you’re going to kill yourself! ❜   ❛ i suppose you leave that part out of the story when you tell it, don’t you? ❜ ❛ ugly and ancient? like your mother? ❜ ❛ to answer for what i’ve done, the lives i’ve ruined? yes. i am ready. ❜   ❛ they can’t shoot if they’re dead. ❜   ❛ hello, old friend. remember me? ❜ ❛ i’m more than a threat. ❜    ❛ i don’t think either you or i are ready for that. at least not yet. ❜   ❛ i’ll take that lunch. alone. ❜   ❛ i could use someone like you by my side. ❜      ❛ we still have so much to discuss. so much you never revealed. ❜ ❛ you’re lucky i happened by. one half a heart beat more, and that creature would’ve torn you in half. ❜  ❛ i crave vengeance, do you? ❜ ❛ a bold claim. i wonder if you’ll live up to it. ❜   ❛ hmm. i love your hair. ❜   ❛ still alive. good. i have a more suitable death for you in mind. ❜   ❛ knowledge has its rewards, don’t you think? ❜ ❛ he was a better man than what you’d ever hope to be! ❜   ❛ i’ll remember those words when i watch your corpse burn. whatever’s left of it. ❜   ❛ i will not be worshiped! i don’t belong to you! ❜ ❛ impossible. i am chosen. this was not meant to be! ❜ ❛ you don’t approve? well, i have a secret for you. neither do i. ❜   ❛ well, to start, you’re strong, shrewd and capable.  ❜   ❛ we must be patient. change doesn’t come in a sunrise.  ❜   ❛ they tried to break me. shows what they know. ❜   ❛ i should have been with you. why didn’t you come for me? ❜   ❛ may the dawn find you, the day warm you, and the dusk have light to guide your path.  ❜   ❛ the better man is the one who doesn’t end up with their steaming guts on the ground. ❜ ❛ once one threat is dealt with, another one looms. ❜ ❛ if i live or die, they’ll call my name. ❜   ❛ i don’t usually fight if i don’t have to, but if i have to, i want to. ❜   ❛ we’ve only met a few times and yet you know me so well. ❜   ❛ i thought you just wanted tea and conversation. ❜   ❛ i wasn’t expecting to find a half clad soldier singing like a drunk.  ❜     ❛ you don’t hear me laughing.  ❜ ❛ i came prepared. have arrows enough to take down armies. ❜   ❛ it’s settled. i’ll fight by your side. my only request. ❜   ❛ the wrongness here jags at me like a ❜   ❛ tomorrow, may the sun rise on a better world. ❜       ❛ you can’t ask me to stand by and watch. not when i have the power. ❜     ❛ this isn’t home anymore. ❜   ❛ my will is like the oldest ice! ❜   ❛ your whole life was a failure, and soon no one will even remember you. ❜      ❛ will change happen, if men continue to live in palaces? ❜   ❛ i did say not to break anything, didn’t i?  ❜ ❛ you should sleep, if sleep comes.  ❜         ❛ i kept thinking of the moment my knife pierced your throat. one twist, a simple tug of the blade, and you would bleed out. ❜   ❛ how can you sleep, with a weight like that pressing on you? ❜   ❛ i’m not here to intrigue you. ❜   ❛ no more playing around. you’re going to have to grow up. ❜ ❛ no rest for the weary, huh? ❜   ❛ don’t worry. i’ll be there for you. ❜   ❛ to say you have my gratitude feels woefully insignificant. ❜