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A man who is chased may be free. A man who chases never is.

The fields of the dead stretch around me.

"Rule a man, and he will do whatever you can imagine. Befriend him, and he will do more."

Death... is our most important horizon. It matters because we need an end to what we see. Without it we would be adrift, overwhelmed, nothing to orient ourselves against. Without it, we would never be able to focus on what is truly important: that which is in front of us.

Through the thunder, I focus.

The fear of what is behind us suddenly wars with the fear of what is ahead.

I am living a nightmare from which there is no waking.

"Do you not know of this? To open this door is to unleash the end of all things."

"I wondered how you'd adjusted so well, you know. How you could look at what this world has become and not be overwhelmed with the horror of it."

This place is a true nightmare, all heat and horror and constant, terrifying threat.