“Creighton…this is called kidnapping.” “And you shooting me is called attempted murder, but you don’t see me putting a label on that.”
― God of Pain
― God of Pain
“This is how it feels to be Anakin Skywalker, forever:
The first dawn of light in your universe brings pain.
The light burns you. It will always burn you. Part of you will always lie upon black glass sand beside a lake of fire while flames chew upon your flesh.
You can hear yourself breathing. It comes hard, and harsh, and it scrapes nerves already raw, but you cannot stop it. You can never stop it. You cannot even slow it down.
You don’t even have lungs anymore. Mechanisms hardwired into your chest breathe for you. They will pump oxygen into your bloodstream forever.
Lord Vader? Lord Vader, can you hear me?”
― Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
The first dawn of light in your universe brings pain.
The light burns you. It will always burn you. Part of you will always lie upon black glass sand beside a lake of fire while flames chew upon your flesh.
You can hear yourself breathing. It comes hard, and harsh, and it scrapes nerves already raw, but you cannot stop it. You can never stop it. You cannot even slow it down.
You don’t even have lungs anymore. Mechanisms hardwired into your chest breathe for you. They will pump oxygen into your bloodstream forever.
Lord Vader? Lord Vader, can you hear me?”
― Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
“And he knew that to strike Anakin down would burn his own heart to ash”
― Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
― Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
“But even in the deepest night, there are some who dream of dawn”
― Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
― Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
“I don't remember my dreams,' I tell the boy with grey eyes.
He pinches my cheek. 'I'll dream for the both of us.'
'Promise?'
'Promise, Elsa”
― Twisted Kingdom
He pinches my cheek. 'I'll dream for the both of us.'
'Promise?'
'Promise, Elsa”
― Twisted Kingdom
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