I still don’t have all the answers, but I’m no longer afraid to confront the questions.
I want you to think of me as a soldier,’ she persists. ‘A soldier in this war who’s doing what needs to be done.
This is war, and people are going to die. Friends are going to die. I’ve come to accept the pain, to take the ugliness for granted. So it can be a little stunning when something good actually happens.
Where’s your sense of adventure, Sarah Bleeding Heart?
She doesn’t judge me for these words. I think she understands. She knows what it’s like to want to throw yourself forwards, maintain momentum to keep from breaking down. “I.
We’re Garde,’ I say, correcting this billion-year-old godlike energy force, because what the hell, we’ve come this far. ‘We’re here for your help.
No. You are leaving me. You are off to something bigger and better. A wise man once told me that only by leaving someone good can you meet someone better.
I am someone to fear, not hunt.
Read obsessively. It will make you a better human and a better writer.
Twelve down, like a hundred thousand left to go.
Whatever you’re thinking, it’s a bad idea.
The best kind of prisoner is one who doesn’t even know he’s in prison.
You are not responsible for the murderous rampage of an alien psycho, okay?
He raises the gun towards Nine’s face and laughs at what he thinks is just bravado. ‘Don’t tempt me, punk. Killing you would be the highlight of my day.’ ‘Well, then, shoot. No reason to put off the highlight of your day. You don’t look like you get a lot of them.’ Nine says. I sigh, knowing this is all going to end badly. And after, there will be attention we don’t need.
But now, after everything that’s happened, after everything I’ve seen – I realize that I’m fighting for the future. Our future.
And the Bible isn’t a fairy tale?
It is practical, but that doesn’t mean it’s right.
When you have gaps in your memory like I do, you come to better appreciate the things you do remember. The way your hands just repeat a task you’ve done enough times, without even needing to think. Who needs Legacies when we have the infinite power of the human mind at our disposal?
The General – so proud of killing Garde. Killing children.
We are stronger when we unite.