Starter Stories

“We’re going to deal with that once I’ve got you fed, watered, and hospitalised. And we will be dealing with it. Don’t even try to get out of going to the hospital either, the presence of medical staff might be the only thing that keeps me from throttling you.”

“It’s kind of upsetting to see a version of you where the bad things never happened, because it seems like you might be a good person at your core. This is all learned behaviour.”

“I had a very good hunch, but no. My will is with my solicitor, by the way. You’ll be getting most of my assets, and all of my debts.”

“Maybe it’s psychosomatic to you as well.”

“It was too easy to disappear back then. I’ve forgotten all the previous lives I’ve lived. Even now people recognise me for who I was pretending to be ten years ago. Maybe I shouldn’t have made such significant impressions and saved so many lives but no one else was doing anything."

“No… maybe. But I don’t want it. If you don’t hear from me in a week, I’m dead.”

“She absolutely has, but she’s also attracted to that sort of thing, and the doctor said I have to refrain from sex for another week.”

“My usual optimism has been dimmed by the sun going out. However, my hope is not like the sun, and it will continue to burn on.”

“I saw it too. It was like an out of body experience. It turns out that that can happen when you get a body double that’s a little too accurate. Sometimes the assassins get confused.”

“Not without a blade enchanted to kill a god, but I’m not letting you touch my god-killing weapons until I know that you won’t slice yourself open by mistake.”

“Sometimes your neighbours try very hard to kill you, and you’re a child with very limited means to defend yourself. And then time passes, you still live next to the people who tried to kill you. That’s just the sort of thing that happens in a small town.”

“If it really came down to it, I think we’d have to be each other’s alibis, because you’re the only other person I know who’d be willing to do the same things I am.”

“... Someone else can do the presentation.”

“I’m not afraid of most things anymore which is equal parts bravery and apathy. I don’t feel pain either. It might be a sign that I’m dying.”

“In my heart, I am an outside creature. But also, I have a recurring nightmare of that bed trying to eat me.”

“Come on, you know I’ve never once gotten along with anyone in my age group. I need to stay around children so that I can pretend I’m not incredibly behind in both life goals and intelligence.”

“Death really does just follow you around. It’s never your fault, but wherever you go someone dies.”