Contractor Quotes

“A multiverse hurtling toward an inevitable heat death 100 trillion years in the future. An alien race of religious fanatics bent on absorbing all sentient life. Another alien race fighting back. A world of magicians living in secret. And himself, a contractor, a human Vorid that could absorb his enemies and grow stronger. All in less than 24 hours. And here he was, relaxing on his roof. Maybe video games really did desensitize you to this stuff. Except if he died, he wasn’t going to pop back to life.”
― Andrew Ball, Contractor

“So I’m the Flash?" Xik frowned, baffled. "Afraid I’m not familiar." "He’s a superhero." "Superhero?" "A hero," Daniel said, "only super." "…how illuminating." "Don’t worry about it.”
― Andrew Ball, Contractor

“Hello Daniel!" She waited, expecting him to speak, but when he didn’t say anything, she started again. "Is there something I can do for you?" "No, just…" Your soul’s been ripped out. You’re magical residue of your former self. You have less than a week to live. "Well," he said, "it’s summer and everything…I”
― Andrew Ball, Contractor

“You know that your star is burning through its fuel, correct?" "Well, yeah," Daniel said. "But it’s got enough for a few billion years, right?" "True. But what happens when it runs out?" Xik pointed into the sky. "The sun is the energy source of your entire solar system. You could move to another sun, use other stars. But eventually, eons into the future, they will all burn themselves out. That, or collect into black holes. But even black holes will eventually radiate away the last of their energy. One by one, all the billions of galaxies will vanish into blackness. The universe will be nothing but scattered gases and background heat—a silent state known as heat death. The energy which sustains life and motion itself will have been used up.”
― Andrew Ball, Contractor

“You have an incisive manner of finding out what you want to know." "I just hate bullshit." "I see.”
― Andrew Ball, Contractor

“War is young men dying and old men talking.”
― Andrew Ball, Contractor

“I’m the type with a thousand acquaintances." "Are you sure you aren’t just a misanthrope?" "Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made," Daniel quoted.”
― Andrew Ball, Contractor

“Oh no, pepper spray," he said. "Too bad you only had one." Daniel took the next pen out of his pocket and sprayed it before anyone could react. Harrison was wailing on the ground next to Kyle in seconds. "Too bad you’re a dumbass.”
― Andrew Ball, Contractor

“Hey Fitzfaggot. How’s life?" "Oh, the usual." Daniel gave him a puzzled look. "Don’t you have shit to eat or something?”
― Andrew Ball, Contractor

“backpack over his shoulder and headed for the doors.”
― Andrew Ball, Contractor