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(ash Used His Powers To Lift Zarek From The Floor And Pin Him Roughly Against The Ceiling.) Stop Pushing Your Luck, Boy. I’ve Had It With You. (acheron) Have You Ever Thought Of Hiring Yourself Out To Disneyland? People Would Pay A Fortune For This Ride. (zarek)

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(ash Used His Powers To Lift Zarek From The Floor And Pin Him Roughly Against The Ceiling.) Stop Pushing Your Luck, Boy. I’ve Had It With You. (acheron) Have You Ever Thought Of Hiring Yourself Out To Disneyland? People Would Pay A Fortune For This Ride. (zarek)

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We’re Screwed. (nick) Screwed Blue And Tattooed. (acheron)

So Just Look Mean And Don’t Make Eye Contact With Anyone. (syn) Gee, Hon, You Take Me To The Most Wonderful Places. (shahara)

All Right, Kids. We’re Going To A Party Where They Don’t Like Us Very Much. Everyone Know What They’re Doing? (sin) Not A Clue, But I Think Certain Death And Dismemberment Is In My Forecast, Followed By A Light Rain Of Guys And Flayed Skin. (kish)

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I Know You Were Just Trying To Help. But I Passed The Point Of Help A Long Time Ago. Look, I Know About Your People And Customs, And I Know You Were Raised Inside A Cage. The Last Thing You Need Is To Be Saddled With A Man Who Can Barely Walk. Why Don't You Just Go And Get Your Own Place And Live? I'll Be Happy To Put You On All My Accounts. You'll Never Want For Anything. (adron)i Can't Do That. (livia)why Not? (adron)because I Love You. (livia)

So I Conjured One Of The Brokers And Promised Him My Soul If He’d Protect Her. (zephyra) You Can’t Do That. Only A Demon Can. (stryker) You’re Such A Brainiac, Baby. And To Think, I Thought I Married You For Those Amazing Abs. Who Knew All That Brainpower Was Buried Under Those Bulging Biceps? (zephyra)

What Are You Doing Here? (artemis) I Wanted To Thank You For What You Did Tonight, But As I Considered That, It Dawned On Me That You Have Never Once In Eleven Thousand Years Done Anything For Me For Free. The Sheer Fear Factor Of That Realization Alone Has Made Me Come Seeking You. So What Gives? (acheron)

Death Always Before Dishonor. (julian)

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Where Are The Cops When You Need Them? (nick) Probably Eating Beignets. As The Old Saying Goes, When Seconds Count, The Police Are Just Minutes Away. (caleb)

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Shamefully, All Of Us Have Wanted Revenge On Someone At Some Point For Something. I've Lived Since Before Man And Buffalo Roamed This Small Planet. I Have Survived The Beginning, Bloom, And Death Of Countless Enemies, Civilizations, And People. And The One Truth I Have Learned Most During All Of These Centuries Is The Old Japanese Proverb. If You Sit By The River Long Enough, You Will See The Body Of Your Enemy Float By.

We Don't Have A Choice In How Or When Our Bad Days Will Blindside Us. But What We Do Choose Is How We Allow Them To Leave Us Once They're Gone. You Can Use Those Moments As A Catalyst To Spur You On To Greater Things Or You Can Let It Be The Event That Breaks You And Leaves You Shattered And Forever Lost In Darkness.

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Stop It. This Is Serious! (selena) Serious? Please. I’m Standing Out Here On My Twenty-ninth Birthday, Barefoot And In Jeans My Mother Would Burn, Holding A Stupid Book To My Chest In An Effort To Summon A Greek Love-slave From The Great Beyond. (grace)

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I'm Not People, I Only Eat Them.

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How Long Have You Been Here? (jericho) Don’t Know. Again, Tried To Count Once, Got Depressed So I Stopped. I Find It Easier To Just Go With The Flow. Ease With The Peas. (asmodeus) Ease With The Peas? (jericho) Yeah, That’s Not A Happy Memory, Either. Let’s Forget I Mentioned It. (asmodeus)

And Not A Single Mark On The Lamborghini. Ha! Eat Steel, You Soul-sucking Bastards! (kyrian)

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Okay, I’m Dreaming. Hallucinating. Brought On By Stress. I Had A Hard Day Today And This Is My Mind Trying To Protect Itself From…from Stuff. Lots Of Stuff. (geary) (arik, Trieg, And Zt Stare At Geary.) Oh, Like I’m Any Less Sane Than The Three Of You Just Because I Talk To Myself. (geary)

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See, Sway, That’s What You Get For Flunking Your Pilot’s Test Six Times…which I’m Pretty Sure Is A Record Of Some Sort. If Not For The Actual Flunking, Definitely For The Persistence In Pursuing That Which You Obviously Have No Talent For. Personally, I Wouldn’t Let You Fly A Remote-control Kid’s Plane. (vik) Shut Up Before I Find A Can Opener. (sway)

What Do You Mean I Have A Predetermined Death?” – Nick “did I Stutter?” – Death “no.” – Nick “do I Look Like Webster’s?” – Death “no.” – Nick “then You Should Understand What I Said, Since I Didn’t Speak In Code. Every Mortal Creature Is Born With An Expiration Date. Some Immortals, Too. Set By The Big Clockmaker. But Excessive Stupidity And Moronic Tendencies Can Shorten It. Pissing Me Off Is One Really Good Way To Cut Yours Down To Three Seconds From Now.” – Death

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I Still Wanna Know Who To Sue To Get My Store Fixed. (bubba) I’m A Turnip. Sue The Rich Kid Who Started It. (nick)

Never Take Your Eyes Off Your Opponent. And Never Think You Don’t Have To Work For A Victory. Even Now, You Could Surprise Me. (takeshi)

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(adron Leveled A Scowl That Made Him Shrink Back.) Jeeze, You Ought To Bottle That Look. I Know Armies That Would Pay A Fortune To Have Something That Toxic In Their Arsenal. (tiernan)

And If Wishes Were Horses, I’d Have Been Run Over In Childhood.

Are All Knights So Gentle? (taryn) I Know Not, Taryn, Since I Don’t Make It My Habit To Lie Abed With Other Knights. (sparhawk)

Were-hunters Are Different From Humans. (ravyn) You Mean Other Than The Fact That You Live For Several Hundred Years, Can Turn Into Animals, Time Travel, And Wave Your Hand To Make Freaky Stuff Happen? (susan)

The Simi Has Needs. Lots Of Needs. I Need Akri’s Plastic Card, For One Thing. It Very Nice. People Give Me Lots Of Stuff When I Hand It To Them. Ooo, I Really Like The New Plastic Card He Gave Me With My Own Name On It. It Blue And All Sparkly And It Says Simi Parthenopaeus. Doesn’t That Have A Nice Ring To It? I Have To Say It Again. Simi Parthenopaeus. I Like That A Lot. It Even Has My Picture In The Corner And I Am A Very Attractive Demon If I Do Say So Myself. Akri Says It, Too. ‘simi, You Are Beautiful.’ I Like It When He Tells Me That. (simi)

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Can You Keep A Secret?” “me And Tupperware, Baby. We Seal Tight. Ain’t Nothing Going To Get Out.

What Are You Doing Here? (devyn) I Love You, Too, Pookie Bear. (zarina)

Good Lord, Who Spread The Daimon Fertilizer Around? They're Cropping Up Like A Bad Horror Flick. (tabitha)

There’s No Need In Both Of Us Dying Tonight. (kiara) I Took An Oath To Save Every Life I Could. I’m Not About To Back Out On It Now. I Might Be A Lot Of Things, But A Coward Has Never Been One Of Them. (syn)

Shut Up, Sod Off, And Let Me In. (fury)

I So Love The Smell Of Hatred And Revenge. It’s The Headiest Of Concoctions. (noir) I Personally Feel That Way Toward Blood. No Better Smell In The Universe Than When It’s Combined With The Aroma Of Those Fearing Death. (jericho)

You Told Me There Wouldn’t Be Any Rod Serling Voice-overs, Yet Here I Am In The Middle Of A Twilight Zone Episode. Oh, And Let Me Guess The Title Of It, Night Of The Terminally Stupid! (channon)

I Wasn't Going To Say Anything About That, Tabitha," He Said Quietly. "i Only Wanted To Tell You That Your Compassion For Other People Overwhelms Me.""oh." She Offered Him A Tenuous Smile. "i'm Just Used To People Condemning Everything I Do."he Lifted Her Hand To His Lips And Kissed Her Knuckles. "i Don't Condemn You, My Lady. I Only Admire You.

By The Time I Finish With The Two Of You, You Will Be Begging Me To Let You Die. (desiderius) Desi Dearest, I Have Never Begged A Day In My Life, And The Sun Will Surely Splinter Before I Ever Plead For Anything From The Likes Of You. (kyrian)

Julian Was The Son Of Diokles Of Sparta, Also Known As Diokles The Butcher. That Man Made The Marquis De Sade Look Like Ronald Mcdonald. (ben)

Though This Motion For A New Trial Is An Application To The Discretion Of The Court, It Must Be Remembered That The Discretion To Be Exercised On Such An Occasion Is Not A Wild But A Sound Discretion, And To Be Confined Within Those Limits Within Which An Honest Man, Competent To Discharge The Duties Of His Office, Ought To Confine Himself. And That Discretion Will Be Best Exercised By Not Deviating From The Rules Laid Down By Our Predecessors; For The Practice Of The Court Forms The Law Of The Court.

Sweetie, In Our World, Fair’s Got Nothing To Do With Anything. He Who Has The Greatest Power Wins. It’s Why We’re All Willing To Kill Each Other Off Without Flinching. (solin)

Let's Play It Safe. I’m Not In The Mood To Run Right Now And I Know Fighting Is Suicide. Last Thing I Want To Do Is Make My Enemies Happy By Dying. (syn)

A Flower Can't Grow Without Rain. (alexion) Too Much Rain And It Drowns. (danger) And Yet The Most Beautiful Of The Lotus Flowers Are The Ones That Grow In The Deepest Mud. (alexion)

Where Did You Find An Andarion? I’ve Never Seen One On Gouran Before. Aren’t You Afraid To Be With Him? (sales Woman) Why No, I’m Not Afraid. He’s Already Had His Daily Feeding. (kiara) What Do You Feed Him? (sales Woman) Babies. Lots And Lots Of Babies. (kiara)

You're Not An Idiot. You're Just Eccentric. (selena) That's What They Said About Mary Todd Lincoln. Until They Locked Her Up. (grace)

They’re Ogling You, Dude. Talking About Your Assets And The Fact That You’re Nauseatingly Ripped, Which I Would Have Been Had I Not Bit The Dust At Seventeen. I’m Forever Trapped In My Tall, Gangly Phase. (jesse)

What An Alliance, Huh? A Dark-hunter And A Spathi United To Guard An Apollite. Who Would Have Ever Imagined? (wulf) Love Makes Strange Bedfellows. (acheron) I Thought That Was Politics. (wulf) It’s Both. (acheron)

Yeah, But I Don’t Want To Be In Pain, And I Definitely Don’t Want To Suffer.” – Nick “well…the Only Way To Avoid Them Is To Die.” – Death “okay, Let’s Change The Topic Now. Oh, Look! A Chicken.” – Nick

How Did You Fastforward And Turn It Off? (danger) I Wanted It Off And Off It Went. (alexion) Wow, That’s Amazing. I Guess This Makes Me The Luckiest Woman In The World. (danger) How So? (alexion) I’ve Found The Only Man Alive Who Won’t Ever Shout Out, ‘honey, Where’s The Remote?’ Then Tear My House Apart In Pursuit Of It. (danger)

I Warn You Now. Anything Happens To My Mate Or My Son, We Will Hunt You Down And Rip You Into So Many Pieces They’ll Never Find All Of You. (vane)

Grudges Seldom Hurt Anyone Except The One Bearing Them.

Don’t Touch Me. It Makes My Skin Crawl. (grace) Grace! I Can’t Believe You– (selena) At Least She Didn’t Spit In My Face With Her Dying Breath. (julian) They Shoot, They Score. A Direct Hit Straight Through The Heart And Into The Raw Nerves. (selena)

See How Exciting Anthropology Is? He’s A Leading Expert In Ancient Greece. Now You Should All Change Your Majors So That You Can Ogle Men Like Him All Day Long. Or Better Yet, Uncover Naked Male Statues. (tory) Was That Necessary? (acheron) Hey, I Live To Recruit Students For The Department. If I Can Make You Good For Something, Then By Golly I’m Going To Do It. (tory)

In That Case, We Need To Seriously Arm Ourselves. (sin) Hail Mary, Full Of Grace – (kish) What Are You Doing? You’re Not Catholic. (damien) Yeah, But I’m Feeling Really Religious All Of A Sudden And It Seemed Like A Good Idea. (kish)

Gods, How I’ve Missed You. (stryker) I Hate You With Every Beat Of My Heart. (zephyra)

No Can Do. Wren Stays Here. (dev) Not What I Was Told. (varyk) Well, I Just Told You. (dev)

Yeah, Right. I Don’t Believe That One For A Minute. What Do You Think? I Fell Off A Turnip Truck? (simone) Honestly? All I Was Thinking About Was How Beautiful You Are. How Much I Wanted To Feel Your Skin Against Mine And How I’ve Never Been This Attracted To A Woman Before. (xypher)

Dragons Have Sharp Talons. Sometimes I Don’t Get Out Of The Way Quickly Enough. (sebastian) Maybe You Should Fight Smaller Dragons. (channon)

Don’t Worry, Chris. The Day That Sony Playstation Attacks The World And Threatens To Destroy It, We’ll Give You A Call. (katra)

There's Only So Many Times You Can Kick A Dog Before It Turns Viscous. (julian)

I Have You – A God Of Mixed Heritage – On An Expedition That Could Unleash The Destroyer From Her Hole. Arikos, Another God, On The Same Team Who Is Masquerading As A Human. The Demigod Solin, Who I Have To Ride Herd On Constantly Anyway, Who Gave Them Their Permits. Megeara, A Human Who Is Sensitive And Subjective To The Voices Of The Gods. And The Pissed-off Goddess, Apollymi, Who Will Do Anything To Be Free, And Once Free Wouldn’t Hesitate To Destroy Every One Of Us. I Can’t Imagine Why I’m Concerned Over This, Can You? (zt)

Yeah, Well, I’ll Be Glad To Birth It If It Means I Can Name Him Something Normal. (zarek) Yeah, Yeah. This From A Man Who Whines Like A Two-year-old When He Stubs His Toe. I’d Like To See You Survive Ten Hours Of Childbirth. (astrid)

Fang, I Think You Better Stop Or Talon Might Turn You Into A Wolf Kabob. (vane)

Unfortunately, I Saw A Side Of Humanity I Wish I'd Remained Blissfully Ignorant Of, Including One Driver Who Threw A Bottle At Me While I Was Walking My Baby To The Doctor On The Side Of The Road And Yelled Out Insults. Nurses Who Made Nasty Comments About How I Should Get A Job (i Was Working Two Of Them, In Addition To Being A Published Author). It Wasn't That I Didn't Have A Job And Wasn't Working. The Jobs In Backwoods Mississippi Didn't Pay Enough To Cover Living Expenses.

Xedrix-"no, Our Motto Is 'everything Tastes Better With Hot Sauce.

Why Are You Worried About Him? Des Is A Punk. (urian) Desiderius Is Dead. Kyrian Killed Him. (tabitha) Yeah, And I'm The Easter Bunny- See My Fluffy Tail? You Don't Just Kill A Spathi, Little Girl. All You Do Is Take Him Out Of Commission For A While. (urian)

You Need Anything Else... You To Touch Me Like I Matter.

Rocking Her Gently In His Arms, Wulf Wondered Which Of Them Had It Worse. The Mother Who Wouldn’t Live To See The Baby Grow, Or The Father Who Was Damned To Watch The Baby And All Those After Him Die.’ (wulf)

Life Is All About Finding Your Place. All Of Us Are Vulnerable, And At Times We All Feel Adrift. But Somehow, We All Muddle Through. He'll Be Fine. Like The Rest Of Us. We Just Need Some Faith.

You Touch Her, And I Will Take That Dagger At Your Side And Cut Your Heart Out With It. (julian)

Life Is Messy, Ren. It's Not Easy And It's Definitely Not For The Timid. Everyone Has A Past.

This Isn’t A Game, Human. Listen To The Skotos And Go. We’re Not Bound By The Laws Of The Oneroi. Killing Humans Is Nothing For Us. (dolophoni) Well, Aren’t You All Scary In Black. Ooo. What Are You Two Masquerading As? Evil Man And His Trusty Sidekick Bad Boy? (geary)

You’re Seriously Not Joking?” – Sundown “really? How Many More Times Are You Going To Ask Me That? I Could Be On A Beach Right Now With My Wife, Son, And Daughter, Baking In The Sun While They Frolic And Play. Am I? No. I’m Here, And I Want Nothing More Than To Yank You Around With Bullshit ’cause This Gets Me Off More Than My Wife Running In A Bikini.” – Zarek

Nick, Fetch My Car, Fetch My Clothes, Sweep The Chimney, Make My Bed, Watch My Psychopath, Fetch My Slippers.’ Yeah, I’ll Fetch Those Slippers And Stick Them Someplace Real Uncomfortable. I Swear, My Mother Should Have Named Me Fido. (nick)

A What? (fang) Badass Demon With A Superiority Complex Who Picks His Teeth With Bones Of Infants. Let’s Just Keep It Simple And Say He’s A Demon I Want Out Of The Human Realm. Asap. (thorn)

I'm Old Enough To Make You Look Like An Embryo. [thorn]

I’m So Sorry! Are You Okay? (shahara) Other Than The Fact That I Feel Like My Rib Just Punctured A Lung, Sure, I’m All Right. (syn)

I Don’t Feel Brave, Especially Not Right Now. (delphine) That’s What Bravery Is, Especially For A Woman Not Used To Having Emotions. When You Feel Deep, Paralyzing Fear And You Don’t Let It Stop You, That Is True Courage. There’s Never Been Bravery Without Fear. Just As There’s No Love Without Hate. (m'adoc)

(looking At Their Son On Ultrasound.) He Looks Like An Angel. (cassandra) I Don’t Know. I Think He Looks Like A Frog Or Something. (wulf)

Tell Me Of A Happy Memory, Zarek. One Thing In Your Life That Was Good. (astrid) You. (zarek)

Simi. Return To Me. (acheron) 'return To Me, Simi.’ Don’t Go Frying The Goddess. Don’t Go Frying Thanatos. I Am Not A Yo-yo, Akri. I Am A Simi. I Hate It When You Get Me All Excited About Going To Kill Something And Then Tell Me No. I Don’t Like That. It Boring. You Don’t Ever Let Me Have Any Fun Anymore. (simi)

Hey, Ms. P," Tad Called, "what's Going On?" She Let Out A Slow Breath Before She Answered. "you Won't Believe This... Brian Murrey Tried To Eat Scott Morgan." Nick's Eyes Widened At The Unexpected Explanation. Had He Heard That Right?

If You Want To Know The Correct Term For Me, I'm A Dark-hunter." Nick Digested That Word Slowly. "which Means What? You Hunt Darkness?" "yes, Nick. That's Exactly What I Do. There's Just Not Enough Of It." Now, There Was Some Sarcasm You Could Cut With A Knife.

…life Isn’t A Puzzle To Be Solved. It’s An Adventure To Be Savored. Let Every Challenge Be A New Mountain To Climb, Not An Obstacle To Get In Your Way And Stop You. Yeah, It’ll Be Hard, But Once You Reach The Summit Of It, You’ll Be Able To See The World For What It Really Is. And At The Top, It Never Seems To Have Been As Difficult A Feat To Climb There As You First Made It Out To Be. Most Of All, You’ll Know That You Beat That Mountain, And That You Rule It. It Does Not Rule You.

You Really Turning Mercenary On Your Favorite Older Brother? (dev) No. I Would Never Do That To Alain. (aimee) Ouch! Bearswan Got ‘tude. (dev)

You Hurt Any Of Us Or Those We Love Again And So Help Me, I Won’t Stop Until I’ve Pulled You Into So Many Pieces, You’ll Think You’ve Been Through A Grinder. (fang)

It's Like Trying To Train An Add Cat In A Mouse Factory.

Yeah. I Don’t Need Much, And Whatever Else I Need I’m Sure I Can Buy Since The Council Knows That I Am The Charmed One Who Has To Be Humored Lest The Big Bad Norseman Go A Viking On Their Heads. (chris)

A Woman After My Own Heart. (stryker) You’re Absolutely Right About That. Nothing Would Please Me More Than Ripping That Organ Out Of You And Feasting On It. (zephyra)

You Know, For The Record, I Hate To Take Orders. But! I Realize I'm In Over My Head. You Have No Idea How Much I Hate All This Supernatural Garbage. So I'm Willing To Listen To You, But You Better Start Acting Like I'm A Person And Not Some Mindless Blow-up Doll. (amanda)

He Had Fangs. So What? Plenty Of Things Not A Dark-hunter Have Fangs, Including Hollywood Actors And Kids Playing Vampire. You Should Have Checked His Membership Card Before You Attacked. Good Grief, What If You’d Run Across A Masquerade Group?” – Sundown

You Ever Think About Having Kids?” “all The Time.i´d Love To Have A Houseful. Then One Of My Nieces Or Nephews Turns Exorsist On Me And Spews The Most Discusting Things Imaginable Out Both Ends — Things That Make The Demon Snot Feel Like A Bubble Bath. That Usually Cures Me Of That Stupidity For At Least A Day Or Two.” (sam & Dev)

You Must Have Had Such A Great Childhood With A Man Like That For Your Father. (delphine) Yeah. All Puppy Dogs And Rainbows And Those Weird Furry People With Padded Coat Hangers On Their Heads That Look Like Space Aliens On Acid. (jericho)

Shut Up. What Did You Ask Me, Anyway?” – Sundown “really? Good Thing I Didn’t Tell You To Duck A Bomb.” – Sasha

(the Tree Bend Over. Suddenly, A Hiss And A Meow Sounded An Instant Before Two Cats Darted Off Across The Backyard.) Look, Lanie, It’s Mr. Tomcat Come To Save Me From My Celibacy. Oh, Help Me, Moon Mistress. Whatever Am I To Do With The Attentions Of Such An Unwanted Suitor! Help Me Quick, Before He Kills Me With My Allergies. (grace)

I Do Have Some Leftover Chicken And Pasta. (grace) And Wine?...that’s Acceptable (julian) Look, Buster, I’m Not Your Cooking Wench. Mess With Me And I’ll Feed You Alpo. (grace)

Oh Yeah, Scooby, It Does. You And I Have Gone Round Many A Day. I’m The Reason You Keep Thinking You’ve Had Alien Abductions. (caleb)

Have You Ever Wanted To Put Your Head In A Blender And Turn On The Liquefy Switch? (tate)

Hope Is That Tiny Light That The Gods Have Given Us So That We Can Find Our Way Through Our Darkest Hours. And While We Might Stub Our Toes And Bruise Our Knees, If We Keep Moving Forward, Even When Our Progress Is Slow And Painful, We Will Overcome And Be Made Better By Our Journey. … No Misery Or Bad Situation Is Ever Infinite Or Final Until We Make A Conscious Decision For It To Be So.

Trust No One At Your Back Unless You Want Them To Bury A Knife In It.’ (syn)

Every Life, No Matter How Isolated, Touches Hundred Of Others. It's Up To Us To Decide If Those Micro Connections Are Positive Or Negative. But Whichever We Decide, It Does Impact The Ones We Deal With.

Living Was Okay, But It Wasn't The Breaths People Took That Measured A Life. It Was The Moments That Took Those Breaths Away That Mattered The Most. And Dev Did That Every Time He Looked At Her. Naked Or Not.

His Mom Always Said That Trust Was Something You Earned. And It Wasn't Something You Gave Easy. Too Often, It Was A Tool Your Enemies Used To Hurt You With. 'give Them Nothing, Baby. Not Until You Have No Choice. The World Is Harsh And It Is Cold. People Can Be Good And Decent, But Most Of Them Are Only Out For Themselves And They'll Hurt Anyone They Can'.

They Attacked You? (danger) No, I Beat My Own Self Up. What Do You Think? (keller)

Can’t You Nudge Her Into Submission? (taryn) Are You Kidding? As Stubborn As She Is? I’d Fry My Brain Trying. (sphinx)

Are You Suggesting I’m Not Normal? (nykyrian) Oh Yeah, Baby, You Ooze Normality. From The Top Of That Assassin’s Braid To The Tip Of Those Boots That I’m Pretty Sure Conceal Retractable Blades. You’re Just An Average Joe. No Doubt About It. Cause, You Know, Everyone Sits For Hours Doing Nothing But Typing. (kiara)

Ninety Percent Of Intelligence Was Knowing When To Shut Up.’ – Cherise

Why You In A Dark Hole, Astrid? Did You Fall? (simi) We’re Hiding Simi. (astrid) Hiding? From What? (simi) Thanatos. (astrid) Pfft. Why You Hiding From That Loser? He Wouldn’t Even Make Good Barbecue. Barely Take The Edge Off My Peckishness. Hmmm…how Come There’s No Food Here? (simi)

Stop A Minute And Listen. I Know I'm Asking The Impossible From You, But For Once In Your Life, Shut Your Mouth And Open Your Ears." "i'm Not The One Talking." Kyrian Snarled At Him. "don't Get Smart With Me." "you Want Me Stupid?" "nick...

Just Remember, Anger Is Always Your Enemy. You Must Keep Your Emotions In Check. The Moment You Lose Control Of Them, You Lose The Fight Every Time. (takeshi)

Please Tell Me The Cave Just Had A Little Indigestion. (kat)

My Friend Died. (astrid) Died How? (zarek) Mmm, He Had Parvo. (astrid) Isn’t That A Dog’s Disease? (zarek) Yes. It Was Tragic. (astrid) Hey! I Resent That. (sasha) Behave Or I Will Give You Parvo. (astrid)

You’re So Hilarious. You Know, If This Whole Daimon-slaying Gig Doesn’t Work Out For You, You Should Really Consider Being A Comedian. The Bright Barney Hair Color Would Just Add To The Overall Entertainment Factor.

You Bit Me? (stryker) We Use What We Have. (zephyra) That’s Such A Girl Move. (stryker) But It Works. Maybe If You Fought Like A Girl And Not A Stunted Baboon, You’d Actually Win. (zephyra)

I Hope You Find Peace, My Brother. (acheron) Peace Walks Hand In Hand With A Quite Conscience. (savitar)

And You Haven’t Been Betrayed Yet, Nick. You Don’t Know What That’s Like. What It Does To You. The Scars It Leaves That Never Fade. (ambrose)

I Learned The Bad Guys Are Not Always Bad, The Good Guys Are Not Always Good.

In Your Palms, I’ve Placed My Life, My Secrets. I Give You Freedom To Leave Me At Any Time. I’m Not Easy To Love. No One Ever Has. All I Ask Is That You Always Keep Your Silence, If Not For Me, Then For The Families Of The Others You’d Destroy. (nykyrian)

What’s In That Backpack, By The Way? You’re Always Guarding It Like It Holds National Security Secrets Or Something. (tory) Dirty Underwear. (acheron)

What Are You People Talking About?” – Abigail “nothing Important. Just The End Of The World As We Know It, And For The Record, I Don’t Feel Fine. Neither Will You When It All Comes Slamming Down On Your Head.” – Zarek

I Feel Like I’ve Known You Forever. Like I’ve Held You In My Heart For Centuries. (talon)

That Wasn't Love; That Was Stupidity.

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