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“For you, everything is hard. If an opportunity presents itself, you must snatch it or lose it to someone fiercer. You don’t have time to think, because if you think, you starve.
“This makes it difficult for you when dealing with those who have lived in privilege,” he said. “We spend our lives learning to plan. Often, those in power stay in power because of such luxuries—it is not that they are smarter or more capable, but that they’ve had the opportunity to think about tomorrow, not just today.”
I wonder if the rules he holds dear are revered because for him, they’ve actually worked. When for you…they have not.”
Curious what the difference is
There’s something very grave about this little fox, and yet his actions are adorable.
Inside my soul, Chet hummed along in his own way. Seeming perfectly content. But that was wrong. Wrong? he thought. Wrong how? Because this isn’t what life is about, I replied. What do you mean?
Goodness. I’m having some serious life reflection time with this one.
I’d come down here to try to recapture the feeling I’d had as a lonely girl building herself a starfighter. But…I wasn’t that girl anymore. Instead of finding solace in the solitude, I wanted to share the experience.
“Exactly as I would have said it,” I told him, grabbing the power driver to tighten some bolts. “Except I’d have used more blood.”
These two are both incredibly descriptive - Spensa in a very warriorlike, for the blood of her people way & Hesho - with lyrical sweetness, comparisons that pull tears from the heart.
Emotional pain doesn’t dull for us over time, because we don’t have the process of natural mortal forgetfulness.
I’m leaking emotion. Oh! It’s why you cry, even when you’re happy. I understand now!
The emotional education I’m receiving in this novella is unparalleled
Show them this. Somehow. The joy that consumes the pain.
I’d noticed a welling-up need, a solution to my own anxiety, that had to be filled. I wanted to see them. Chet wanted to see them. Both of us needed this. Right now.
I find, Nedder, your taste in insults to be exceptional. You are obviously a man of great refinement.”
Nearby, Arturo was still staring, slack-jawed. As if he’d found out that his mother had secretly been a ninja all his life.
This revelation has me chortling
Then you will have an entirely new repertoire of poetic deprecations at your disposal.”
Literate insults are the only insults worth using
Haha
Drool by accident, and that’s embarrassing. Drool on purpose, and it’s just the thirst for battle overwhelming you.
Where does this girl get these beliefs
The hat, hahaha
I’m locked in a cage. I have nothing but time. And outward is the only place to look.
Are you kidding me? The Kitsen warrior is art!!
a woman had to orient the world as best she could according to the way she saw things.
Typical mid battle behavior. Let me check google real fast…
You’ve met my grandmother.” “The fireball with the mouth from earlier?”
Powerful for Spin to see herself in Blade
Each one of his ships that winked out was a spike through his heart.
Scud… the M stands for mushroom? It is a vital part of his personality
They couldn’t erase the pain without erasing him.
This, my friends, is such a poignant explanation of grief. I feel so much gratitude
A sudden, unexpected warmth in this difficult time.
Like stars being born.
Oh, wowah. I need this
I had to suffer. But I didn’t have to do it alone.
None of that dulled my pain, but it did contextualize it.
“Change is pain that fades,” I said. “You have only pain that is eternal.”
Dang.
The love of the oppressed found the souls of the broken, and the result was light.
Oh gosh, this is beautiful
Well this is a beautiful turn of events
“Because of the differences in size,” he said, raising a paw, “perhaps this human gesture will suffice.” He lifted his mask, smiling. And let me bump his paw.
I’ve always thought the fist pump was an amusing show of human victory but this? This is gold
“Not the most efficient weapon, but it has a certain historical flair which I thought appropriate for my current station.”
“Hi!” he said through a speaker on the front. “I’ve been resurrected! Do I start a religion now, or do I wait for you to do it for me? That part has always confused me.”
You can be my chauffeur, mortal.
“Hello, everyone! I’ve been resurrected. But I’m not starting a religion. I’ve decided they’re too much work.”
The world wasn’t ending. And I…seemed to thrive when it was. What an absolutely terrible personality attribute to have.
I know this reaction. Ethan does this when I thank hok for taking care of me.
