{ 008 - Video }
A victory is a victory however it may be won.
[ There is a momentary pause. It is long enough to allow listeners to begin contemplating, but not long enough to let their thoughts conclude. ]
Fools believe this, and only fools.
[ The camera pans across Anatole's skyline from a high vantage point, then toward Isley. His jaw is rigid, his mouth ( Read more... )
[ There is a momentary pause. It is long enough to allow listeners to begin contemplating, but not long enough to let their thoughts conclude. ]
Fools believe this, and only fools.
[ The camera pans across Anatole's skyline from a high vantage point, then toward Isley. His jaw is rigid, his mouth ( Read more... )
[Priscilla pulls a fox onto her lap, where she's sitting on his bed.]
Are you worried?
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I don't think I believe in threes. If you and Riful and Luciela are an example... then where are the other mes?
[she goes quiet for a moment, and moves closer. And when she speaks again, her voice is... slightly more grounded. And a little perkier, come to think of it.]
...I remember when you came here, everything in my whole world had fallen apart. And you were the only good thing in it, for a long time. I can think of five bad ones, but only one good one. Although five and one is still six, so maybe the bad ones ate the good ones.
Does that happen?
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[ Of course, Isley thinks. That's what bad ones do. ]
Perhaps you're just not remembering everything.
[ He recalls her struggles with a subdued fondness. After all, he was the cause of most of them. ]
As for you, Priscilla...
[ She's the sun gone supernova. What compares to that? ]
...you're the exception to all rules.
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[She stretches, glancing over the city.]
If there are exceptions, then maybe things will stay good. At least until... five or seven or nine. And then you won't need to worry.
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Perhaps what you say is true.
[ And perhaps not. ]
Regardless, I'm not worried. I believe I have already said as much. Whatever is coming cannot be stopped because we do not know what it is.
The future is not set in stone...so we prepare as best we can and we wait. It is all we can do until it arrives.
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...well.
[she smiles a little.]
You can't send me away again, because there isn't anywhere to go. So if something does happen... I'll help you make it... interesting.
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