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| “ | There is nothing more pathetic than a slave who begins to trust his slaver. | ” |
― To Hero, | ||
| “ | Hey! I'm not really a pervert, you know! I just… uhm… said a few things. To a few girls. It was all a misunderstanding. | ” |
― To Nephis and Cassie, defending himself from being called a pervert, | ||
| “ | But here is a thing about luck. People usually speak about it as though luck is something that just happens to you. It's not. Luck is fifty percent circumstance and fifty percent your own ability to grasp it. Luck is something you have to make happen yourself. I fought with everything I had to survive. That's one of the two reasons I'm still here. | ” |
― To Cassie, | ||
| “ | Trust me. I'm the most honest person in the world. Two worlds, in fact. | ” |
― To Cassie, | ||
| “ | Your Flaw is the most debilitating one I have ever seen or heard of. You are right, without help from someone like Neph, it would have been a certain death sentence. And people like her… well, I'm not even sure that someone else like that exists. But…but that also means that the other side of the Flaw, your power, is equally as extraordinary. You just haven't found the way to grasp it yet. When you do… believe me, you'll remember this conversation and feel very embarrassed about how naive and foolish you were. | ” |
― To Cassie, | ||
| “ | Uh… sorry. How are you feeling, buddy? You aren't, uh, you know… jealous or anything? Well, I just wanted to say that you shouldn't be. I still value you very much! Even though the Stone Saint is probably capable of slicing powerful monsters into tiny pieces with her sword, while you're still just a useless piece of… uh… an incredibly capable scout and my most trusted confidant, I still appreciate you. Yeah. | ” |
― To his shadow, | ||
| “ | So… the shadow was hiding in a shadow, and then the Shadow came out of the shadow to stand with it in the shadows. This is starting to get out of hand. I really need to come up with better terminology! | ” |
― About his Shadow, | ||
| “ | Damn, he really does have a nice voice. It's beautiful even when full of despair… huh, what? It's just a voice! Why am I so enamored with… uh… | ” |
― About the voice from the well, | ||
| “ | Wha… did he just call me a "cutie"? How dare he! Uh, I mean… thanks? What is happening? | ” |
― His reaction about Kai telling him cute, | ||
| “ | Abort, abort! Divert her attention! | ” |
― Realizing that he was grinning from ear to ear like a fool when looking at Nephis, | ||
| “ | This is those cursed strings of fate screwing with me again. What are the odds of meeting a person whose Flaw is almost the exact opposite of mine? And why is he so goddamn stunning… is that supposed to be the opposite of how I look, huh? Huh?!' | ” |
― About meeting Kai, | ||
| “ | Says the guy who can fly! Why would you want to hide your perfectly symmetrical face anyway? Tired of being ogled by love-stricken supermodels?! | ” |
― To Kai, | ||
| “ | What are you talking about? Why would I live under a rock? You would freeze to death! I lived in a cargo container once, but it had four walls and a roof, at least… | ” |
― To Kai when ask if he's a recluse or someone who lives under a rock, | ||
| “ | Hey, fat bastard. Are you sure that this dirty vagrant won't break every bone in that fat blob you have for a body? | ” |
― To Stev, after telling himself to be civil, | ||
| “ | How can a cockroach like me help the great and mighty Changing Star of the Immortal Flame clan? | ” |
― To Nephis, | ||
| “ | Why did I ever agree to this?! Women… damn women… they're the true terror! | ” |
― Sunny thought about after being teased by Effie, | ||
| “ | Pride is the gravest of all sins. Next thing you know, you'll be trying to hunt the Fallen Ones. | ” |
― Chapter 183 Learning New Tricks | ||
| “ | Welcome to Sunny's Brilliant Emporium! This here is around fifty soul shards, each of them of the Awakened rank. Since we will be venturing into the Labyrinth, I've decided to give you guys an opportunity to empower yourself a bit before facing the terrible dangers of that ghastly place. Of course, I'll give you a family discount… | ” |
― To the cohort before the exploration, | ||
| “ | You indeed learned which one of us is a dirty liar. Surprise... it was me. However, that was not the task. The task was to find out which one of us is hiding the treasure, and you have already used up your only question. So… sorry, buddy, but you're also dead. I'll miss you very much! In this hypothetical situation... | ” |
― To Kai, | ||
| “ | You do know how one becomes a mythical hero, right? It's really easy, you just have to do something outlandish and then die. The death part is the key, actually. So I would rather not be a hero, ever. | ” |
― To Effie, | ||
| “ | Gods! I just don't get you. I really don't. You are so morbidly cunning sometimes, but other times, you are so stupidly naive. It doesn't make any sense. | ” |
― To Nephis after she saved him from being skewered by the Spire Messenger, | ||
| “ | That's my girl! | ” |
― The corners of Sunny's mouth curled upward about Nephis' suicidal attack, | ||
| “ | Bonds of friendship were such a fragile thing. They were so hard to create, but so easy to break. All it took was a moment... | ” |
― After severing his ties to Cassie, | ||
| “ | Uh, well. In short... I met two beautiful girls, escorted them to an ancient castle, spent a few months exploring a cursed city, went on a long and arduous quest to find a magic crown, killed a devil, helped a princess become a queen, participated in a war or two, climbed an evil tower, and finally ended up near the Gateway. Basically… I survived. Just how you taught me to. | ” |
― To Julius about what happened on the Forgotten Shore, | ||
| “ | Selfless?! What do you mean selfless?! There's not a single selfless bone in my body… is there really money to be made from my stupid report?! | ” |
― What Sunny thought when Julius said he was selfless, | ||
| “ | Indifferent to pain and fear? What nonsense. I pride myself on being a coward — as one should. What's wrong with being a coward? Fear keeps people alive, while bravery gets them killed. As for pain, no thank you. I have been beaten, burned, crushed, drowned, cut, stabbed, pierced, bitten, chewed, and gutted enough times for several lifetimes already. | ” |
― To Roan about himself, | ||
| “ | Words are worthless, silence is gold. Don't waste my breath! | ” |
― Sunny as Mongrel, | ||
| “ | Disgusting… this is so disgusting… who knew I would miss the taste of synthpaste one day? Maybe I should just starve, after all! | ” |
― Sunny thinking while forcing to eat a piece of raw devil meat, | ||
| “ | Of course I am eating it raw, you fool! How else am I supposed to eat it? I don't exactly have a kitchen here! | ” |
― Sunny answering the voice in the sky below about eating raw, | ||
| “ | Of course I am! Do you know how many contribution points they give me every month? I scribbled a few words about this and that, and that bought me a house. An entire house! Maybe being a researcher is not as swell as being a prince, but it's still a sweet gig… with all due respect, of course. Your Highness. | ” |
― To Mordret, | ||
| “ | ...Who said that greed is a sin? It's a virtue! A goddamn virtue, I say! | ” |
― To himself, | ||
| “ | You thought what? That I will teach you how to decimate Nightmare Creatures and bring all your enemies to their knees?...But that is exactly what I am teaching you. Who do you think survives in the Dream Realm? The best swordsmen? The strongest fighter? No. You need to be alive to fight a Nightmare Creature, and for that, you need to know how to find food, water, how to read tracks and move through the environment without letting it kill you. And it will try to kill you, believe me. | ” |
― To Rain, | ||
| “ | I can teach you how to hold a sword or a spear, how to traverse the Dream Realm and not starve, and how to kill your enemies. But I can't teach you how to be strong, Rain. That is something that you can only learn yourself. This world… it is a cruel and ruthless place. Some people are lucky enough to never learn its truth, but some do. And out of those, soft ones never survive. You are very, very soft… but are you lucky? I don't know. It's up to you. | ” |
― To Rain, | ||
| “ | How would I know what she is thinking? Trying to understand an oracle is a fool's errand, you know. | ” |
| “ | Find peace within me. This... is the mercy of Shadow. | ” |
― To the War Maiden he killed, | ||
| “ | ...it is the Extraordinary Rock! I… improved it, I guess. Now, it can do the same thing as the amulet, but as an active enchantment. So, no more blurting random thoughts for me! What a relief… I can curse out anyone I want in peace again… uh, I mean, can have some mental privacy again. It can also be really, really loud. So, its name changed as well. | ” |
― To Kai, | ||
| “ | To tell you the truth… I don't really know. I used to know, or at least think that I knew. I had lofty desires. To grow stronger than others, to break free from the chains of fate. And maybe… maybe I harbor those desires still. But after coming to this cursed land and being ground into dust by it… now, everything is so unclear. And my ardent desires suddenly seem so… lacking. | ” |
― To Noctis, | ||
| “ | ...I feel like Odysseus, too, sometimes. Lost in a distant land. Only, unlike him, I don't have a home to want to return to. I have nothing to strive for, apart from saving my skin, keeping my friends alive, and maybe living a little bit better than a wild beast. Can someone really be lost, if they don't belong anywhere? | ” |
― To Noctis, | ||
| “ | While it pains me that you know so much about me, you and I are similar in many ways. We both believe that knowledge is the origin of power, don't we? So, sharing my secrets would be no different from giving your power away. Why share the leverage you have on me with anyone when you can have it all to yourself? | ” |
― To Mordret, | ||
| “ | Actually, that is a very important lesson. I've told you before… sure, knowing how to wield a weapon is important. But having a mind that is more dangerous than a weapon is paramount. The world is a vicious place, Rain. You have to be vicious too. To survive. | ” |
― To Rain, | ||
| “ | Is this all you wanted to say? Because if that's it… I have a ball to return to. And by the way, didn't you give a very pompous speech about how I should pray to never meet you again, the last time we saw each other? Kind of presumptuous of you to then go ahead and place yourself straight in my sights. In a bathroom, of all places! | ” |
― To Mordret, | ||
| “ | I value all my friends, you bastard. Affection is not something you can assign a numerical value to, and then compare which number is bigger… well, you wouldn't know, I guess. Not only do you care about no one, no one has most likely ever cared about you, either. You like to talk big, Mordret, and make it seem as if I should be afraid of you. But that is true the other way around, too. I can be scary when I want to, too. Think long... and think hard... before making me your enemy. Or you will learn to fear the shadows. |
” |
― To Mordret, | ||
| “ | Good morning, Awakened. I am Master Sunless. You can call me Captain Sunless, or simply Captain. From today forward, I will be your commanding officer. Yes, I killed four hundred Awakened abominations and hunted down a Fallen Devil as a Sleeper. Yes, I am a distinguished explorer and researcher whose published works are well-known in academic circles. And yes, I indeed come from the Forgotten Shore, where I lived in the Dark City completely alone and went… slightly… mad. But all of that is in the past. I am utterly sane now. I am not deranged at all. You truly have nothing to worry about. |
” |
― To his assembled cohort, | ||
| “ | Bastards... do you really think you can touch me? Pathetic bugs like you... can never hope to kill a noble cockroach like me! | ” |
― About himself, | ||
| “ | Bleeding is too pedestrian. So, I don't bleed. | ” |
― To Beth, | ||
| “ | I don't need it. I know what I value, and I know what I want. It might not be much, but it's enough. I am who I am, and who I am is enough. It's plenty. | ” |
― To himself about conviction, | ||
| “ | But honestly, you're not even a full year older than me, while Cassie is not a full year younger than me. So... let's speak comfortably... | ” |
― To Cassie and Nephis, | ||
| “ | Well, anyway. I think it's time we went to bed. I mean, we don't have a bed... beds, I mean beds! So it's time we go... to sleeping bags? Damn it... what I'm trying to say is that you should sleep first. I'll take the first watch, and wake you up later. Alright? | ” |
― Flustered Sunny to Nephis, | ||
| “ | Which bastard is being such a bad influence on my straight-laced and awkward Neph? I'm going to bash their teeth in! | ” |
― Sunny's reaction about Neph's joke, | ||
| “ | Who are you to dare stare me down, beast? I am Lost from Light, who was born from the shadows. I am the rightful heir of death and the bastard son of fate. Wherever I go, ruin follows. If you had any sense, you would have run away as soon as you saw me. | ” |
― To Azure Serpent, | ||
| “ | No 'buts'! You don't need to cook. Today, this lord is going to cook for you instead. Do you know? I am planning to get rich by opening a restaurant in the future. And that... is my star chef. Come and help your boss, chef! You don't want to get fired before the restaurant even opens, do you? | ” |
― To Ananke, | ||
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― To himself about the guy who would take Nephis on a date, | ||
| “ | I love Nephis. | ” |
― To himself, | ||
| “ | Curse it... curse it... curse my Flaw, and curse the Shadow Bond. I wish it had never existed... | ” |
― To himself, | ||
| “ | It is a bit strange, don't you think? The Nightmares are supposed to be trials of strength for us, the challengers. But what I remember the most is the strength of the illusory people who lived, struggled, and died in these conjured worlds. Noctis, Ananke, Wind Flower... somehow, the passion with which they lived seems much more real than even ours. | ” |
― To Nephis, | ||
| “ | Sure. That one, I found in a well once. That one is a freeloader who likes to invite herself into other people's houses. That one is in the habit of giving young men like us weighty slaps, so be on guard around her. Oh, and that one is a monster wearing human skin… don't trust anything he says, and never look him in the eyes. They are all incredible warriors, though. There is no one more qualified to fight the Defiled here in the Tomb of Ariel, that's for sure. | ” |
― To Cronos, | ||
| “ | I'm willing to admit defeat. However... I have no interest in joining forces with the Great Clan Valor, Nephis of the Immortal Flame. I'm only joining forces with you. You personally, not your clan and not your kingdom |
” |
― To Nephis, | ||
| “ | Well, uh… if your teacher said it, then it's true! There was this one time I danced with a princess at a ball, and immediately after, she dragged me into a private room. No, wait… or was it me who dragged her into a private room? In any case, the two of us ended up in a private room! And let me tell you, what happened in that room… ah, it was nothing short of life-changing… |
” |
― To Rain, | ||
| “ | I am nobody. And I have nothing. So let's change everything. |
” |
― To himself, | ||
| “ | Who, me? I don't even know how to hold a sword. The pointy end should be aimed at the enemy, right? Or wait… was it the other way around? | ” |
― To Jest of Dagonet, | ||
| “ | Gifts! I missed gifts... damn it, I'm an idiot! | ” |
― To himself, | ||
| “ | Come to think of it… I've been known to taste wonderful myself. | ” |
― To himself, | ||
| “ | Curse it. Why did I cultivate this soft and gallant image? I should have pretended to be a wild and unrestrained shopkeeper instead! | ” |
― To himself, | ||
| “ | ...No, I take it back. What was the point of being slow and steady? Fortune favored the bold! He had waited for almost ten years, already, so there was no harm in rushing at all! If Nephis beckoned him with a finger, he would not hesitate to rush across the finish line right there and then. The furniture in Neph's chamber might not survive. |
” |
― To himself after Nephis winked at him innocently, | ||
| “ | You were born to a family of warriors. You have inherited swordsmanship from your father, and wielding a sword is both your passion and your calling. I, however… only picked up the sword out of necessity. I've gotten quite good at wielding it, true. But if left alone, I would have much preferred to do something else. Like running a Memory store, writing academic papers, or managing a small restaurant. | ” |
― To Nephis, | ||
| “ | The only difference between you and me… is that I am strong enough to force my beliefs onto others, and reshape the world with my actions. Strength is the only virtue that matters, in the end. And weakness is the only sin. | ” |
― To Rain, | ||
| “ | ...Stop flirting with me, wench. I'm taken. | ” |
― To Beastmaster, | ||
| “ | I really can't believe... that I finally managed to do something like a proper assassin, for once in my goddamn life… | ” |
― To himself, | ||
| “ | Names have power, Rain. A quite literal power — you will learn about it while studying Shaping — but a more obscure power, as well. A True Name is an anchor of one's self, and knowing yourself is the first step of walking the Path of Ascension. | ” |
― To Rain, | ||
| “ | Listen, you wretch… you can't kill me. You are not worthy enough to kill me. A man worthy of killing me has not been born in this world, yet. And never will be. I am the heir of Death, you fool. Did you really think that you could kill Death? |
” |
― To Anvil, | ||
| “ | Look closely, King of Swords. Look and see why war can never triumph over death! | ” |
― To Anvil, | ||
| “ | Do not question the truth, Nightingale. The truth does not exist to be convenient, nor does it need to be sensible. It simply has to be true... | ” |
― To Kai, | ||
| “ | Bastard, are you fishing for compliments now? Sure, yes, I do think that. Your style is impeccable, and your face is a weapon of mass destruction. Happy now?! | ” |
― To Kai about his appearance, | ||
| “ | Suffering from mental illnesses? How trite. If anything, mental illnesses suffer from me... | ” |
― To Kai, | ||
| “ | Listen, why would I kill myself? I am filthy rich, drop-dead gorgeous, have an awesome castle, and my girlfriend is literally the most beautiful woman in the world. Who would want to die and leave all that behind? | ” |
― To Kai, | ||
| “ | Ah, right. Your first impression of me was meeting the Lord of Shadows. Don't let it deceive you, though — that haughty guy is merely one of the roles I played. The real me is not nearly as conceited. I mean, why does someone as incredibly wealthy, unimaginably powerful, and unbearably handsome as I even have to be conceited? | ” |
― To Kai, | ||
| “ | The real me? Oh... I am a modest man with modest goals. All I really want is to run a quaint cafe, make a little money on the side by selling Memories, become a god, and go on romantic dates with my girlfriend from time to time. | ” |
― To Kai, | ||
| “ | What, becoming a god? Isn't that a given? One can't even run a cafe in peace these days without becoming a god first... it is honestly annoying. Plus, my angelic girlfriend is a tad ambitious, so I have to keep up! | ” |
― To Kai, | ||
| “ | Are you, perchance, implying that I am already so weird that becoming any weirder will be impossible? | ” |
― To Kai, | ||
| “ | To answer your question, I did not really forget. I just convinced myself that I was someone else very well. I am a very persuasive person, you know? I am so persuasive, in fact, that I once convinced myself into existence | ” |
― To Kai, | ||
| “ | I'm not too tall. So, there aren't that many inches of me, to begin with. Still, quite impressive... | ” |
― To Nephis about himself, | ||
| “ | Men of my caliber don't grow on trees, you know? There's only a handful in the whole wide world — seven, to be precise. And all of them are me. | ” |
― To Nephis about her being lucky to find him, | ||
| “ | I am Weaver, the Demon of Fate! Where is my eye, you wretched thief?! |
” |
― To Vile Thieving Bird, | ||
| “ | French toast! French toast is the best. It is the undisputed king of breakfast foods. So, the competition between waffles and pancakes is entirely moot, to begin with. And do you know what the secret of a flawless French toast is? Be wary — the answer might shake the very foundation of what you know about the world. Stale bread. The bread has to be a little stale... that's the ultimate truth. |
” |
― To Rain, | ||
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