Shane laughed softly, painfully to himself, and sank his head in his hands. Gods, it seemed, were easier to serve than mortals.
“women amongst them?”
― Malice
― Malice
“Just looking at them, he felt a pressure building in his chest. This world may be full of greed and tragedy and darkness, but I am fortunate beyond measure to have such people about me.”
― Valor
― Valor
“He has wondered lately if that's all living really is—one long goodbye to those we love.”
― Recursion
― Recursion
“Life with a cheat code isn't life. Our existence isn't something to be engineered or optimized for the avoidance of pain. That's what it is to be human - the beauty and the pain, each meaningless without the other.”
― Recursion
― Recursion
“He frowned. ‘Are you all right?’ ‘Gave as good as I got,’ she mumbled.”
― Valor
― Valor
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