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“I never really wanted to escape in the first place. I've made certain efforts to absolve my father's sins, out of my own sense of responsibility, but I'm far happier dying in your arms than dishonoring myself as the son of a murderer.”

"I can't take any more. I just want death to come quick."
"Don't talk such feeble nonsense. We're not done yet. A little bit of darkness and people fall to pieces. Get a hold of yourself. Where there's life there's hope.”

“Thus, I was recklessly readying myself for battle with a murderous demon of unparalleled wickedness. What living hell was I heading for? What oblivion lay in wait for me?”

“Whatever challenge or hardship we face, it’s never as dreadful as that which we imagined. People can endure more than they think, when it comes to.”

“I know a father is like a mother, and I have met mine two or three times, if that's what he was. He said, ‘I am your pa.’ He was a freak with a scary face.”

"Perhaps you feel a ten-year-old boy could never be fashioned into an expert assassin, however much they were drilled. Indeed, it's an extremely tricky proposition.”

“She disregarded all the obstacles put in her path and thought only of you. You loved her, and she loved you back, perhaps too much."

“Your eyes are like those of a man in love. Besides, you've neglected to visit me in quite a while."
"True. At least... well, the woman I did love is dead.”

“When people feel emotional pain too intensely, rather than tears, their face often breaks out into a queer smile. The same is true of grief. When it is too much to bear, mourners neglect to weep or even have the strength to feel sorrow. Eventually, after some days have passed, their grief takes on its true form.”

“Hatsuyo had been lonely, just as I had been. We weren't like the assertive young men and women of our day. And just as she'd resembled my ideal woman, by a stroke of good fortune, my looks were of the type that had always been attractive to her. Strangely enough, when it came to looks, mine had previously been somewhat of a resource to me.”