OF A RUINED WORLD.

'a fellow tried to use that line on me yesterday.'

'this is why i prefer to spend my time dealing with people who want to kill me.'

'is that all you think i'm good for? information?'

'is there no one in this country with anything better to do than concern themselves with my love life?'

'i can tell when you're remembering her.'

'she's not a ghost. she isn't haunting you. this isn't some curse you're under.'

'there's a rage inside you.'

'be calm? what the fuck is there to be calm about?'

'even i can feel something's very wrong here.'

'i was woken in the middle of the night by a rather strident visitor.'

'she has the right to whatever comfort is available to her now.'

'perhaps she saw me at the tavern last night and is now so lovestruck that she's left her husband and family behind, just to come and declare her love for me.'

'your story has a hole in it bigger than the one i'm going to put in you if i don't get a truthful answer.'

'don't tell me how to fight.'

'you know, i really am more comfortable when we're outnumbered.'

'if he were here, he'd probably tell you that you don't have long to live.'

'we fear neither pain nor death.'

'we don't know how many might be waiting for us.'

'war is an even greedier god than death.'

'do those gods of yours /really/ love you?'

'that was unnecessarily cruel.'

'that isn't cruelty. come with me. i'll show you what cruelty looks like.'

'he never mentioned anything about his family.'

'there was some sort of ritual to all of this.'

'you aren't fine. you're shaking...'

'he hides it, he holds it in.'

'i don't know if you're genuinely stupid, or just tired of life.'

'you don't get to talk to me like that any more.'

'it's possible that you've been beaten, poisoned and tortured one too many times to ever hope to stay sane.'

'well, you're not dead, so that's something.'

'you're drifting off again.'

'i don't know who you are, but i know why you've come.'

'i'm going to choose to ignore that command.'

'don't stare at me like that. i know i look stupid with blood on my face.'

'well you smell like the backside of a horse.'

'you're getting maudlin in your old age.'

'go with them. kill anyone who tries to touch them. /anyone/.'

'it's what i do best. now you need to do what you do best.'

'we need him alive so we can interrogate him.'

'he'd get annoyed and threaten to have my tongue cut out for him to wear as a necklace.'

'that's a nice story, but you're lying.'

'true, but i'm in a lot of pain, so it's possible that i forgot.'

'i'm sorry if my aim was off, but kindly go fuck yourself.'

'there are seven hells for those who would kill children and i will make sure that you find yourself in the worst of them.'

'do they /like/ it when people try to have them killed?'

'you need to get yourself under control before i let you go into that room.'

'look at your hands: they're still shaking. and don't pretend it's just nerves.'

'you're scared and you're frustrated and you're so full of rage you can't even feel it any more.'

'you always look like you want to kill someone to me so it's hard to see the difference.'

'it turns out we're both terrible actors, so we have that in common.'

'stop taking the blame for /everything/.'

'i'm not some little girl in pigtails.'

'what's happened to the world when you can't even count on rapacious murderers any more?'

'you're fast and you're clever -- but you'd make a lousy politician.'

'you're not going to die.'

'a fellow tried to use that line on me yesterday.'

'this is why i prefer to spend my time dealing with people who want to kill me.'

'is that all you think i'm good for? information?'

'is there no one in this country with anything better to do than concern themselves with my love life?'

'i can tell when you're remembering her.'

'she's not a ghost. she isn't haunting you. this isn't some curse you're under.'

'there's a rage inside you.'

'be calm? what the fuck is there to be calm about?'

'even i can feel something's very wrong here.'

'i was woken in the middle of the night by a rather strident visitor.'

'she has the right to whatever comfort is available to her now.'

'perhaps she saw me at the tavern last night and is now so lovestruck that she's left her husband and family behind, just to come and declare her love for me.'

'your story has a hole in it bigger than the one i'm going to put in you if i don't get a truthful answer.'

'don't tell me how to fight.'

'you know, i really am more comfortable when we're outnumbered.'

'if he were here, he'd probably tell you that you don't have long to live.'

'we fear neither pain nor death.'

'we don't know how many might be waiting for us.'

'war is an even greedier god than death.'

'do those gods of yours /really/ love you?'

'that was unnecessarily cruel.'

'that isn't cruelty. come with me. i'll show you what cruelty looks like.'

'he never mentioned anything about his family.'

'there was some sort of ritual to all of this.'

'you aren't fine. you're shaking...'

'he hides it, he holds it in.'

'i don't know if you're genuinely stupid, or just tired of life.'

'you don't get to talk to me like that any more.'

'it's possible that you've been beaten, poisoned and tortured one too many times to ever hope to stay sane.'

'well, you're not dead, so that's something.'

'you're drifting off again.'

'i don't know who you are, but i know why you've come.'

'i'm going to choose to ignore that command.'

'don't stare at me like that. i know i look stupid with blood on my face.'

'well you smell like the backside of a horse.'

'you're getting maudlin in your old age.'

'go with them. kill anyone who tries to touch them. /anyone/.'

'it's what i do best. now you need to do what you do best.'

'we need him alive so we can interrogate him.'

'he'd get annoyed and threaten to have my tongue cut out for him to wear as a necklace.'

'that's a nice story, but you're lying.'

'true, but i'm in a lot of pain, so it's possible that i forgot.'

'i'm sorry if my aim was off, but kindly go fuck yourself.'

'there are seven hells for those who would kill children and i will make sure that you find yourself in the worst of them.'

'do they /like/ it when people try to have them killed?'

'you need to get yourself under control before i let you go into that room.'

'look at your hands: they're still shaking. and don't pretend it's just nerves.'

'you're scared and you're frustrated and you're so full of rage you can't even feel it any more.'

'you always look like you want to kill someone to me so it's hard to see the difference.'

'it turns out we're both terrible actors, so we have that in common.'

'stop taking the blame for /everything/.'

'i'm not some little girl in pigtails.'

'what's happened to the world when you can't even count on rapacious murderers any more?'

'you're fast and you're clever -- but you'd make a lousy politician.'

'you're not going to die.'

"Tʜᴇʀᴇ's ʜᴀʀᴅʟʏ any fault in being aware that some things are impossible. I'm good, but I'm not 'keeping hundreds of beasts from swarming you at the same time' good. I can only slash so many at the same time. If you want to get eaten alive, I could suggest easier ways for that."

They are not worried, per say. They are just very realistic about it. If he has some secret thing to aid, they would be the most delighted to see it.