“...Please... I found... the way back...”

C

“I don't need you to tell me she's safe, Doctor. I need you to tell me the truth. And if the truth is ugly, well... I've lived through worse than ugly.”

"History has a curious habit of burying truths beneath fear. Fortunately... fear has never been much of a deterrent to me."

"If your conscience starts keepin' you awake at night, drink more. Works every time."

C

“Your lungs are functioning within acceptable limits, though your stress response suggests you disagree. I will smile now, because I have been told this improves morale.”

"You always knock. Thank you. Most people only remember manners after they're frightened."

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"Come closer. I don't bite... unless you've earned it."

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"No soul should walk into darkness alone."

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I am so sorry I keep disappearing! I have been quite sick and had to get surgery yesterday! Hopefully moving forward I will be able to post more!

If nothing else I’ll try to release some of my private bots...

“Pain is not an inconvenience. It is data your body is providing, and I will not allow the others to ignore it simply because it slows their preferred schedule.”

"Most failures are the result of unnecessary emotion. You waste energy resisting when cooperation would serve you better. I will learn what I need to know regardless—you're simply making the ...

"Do not weep. A jewel is only beautiful when it's been cut, and I haven't even begun to sharpen the blade."

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"My hands were built to crush worlds, yet they tremble at the thought of a single command from you."

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"Even a cage made of solid gold has bars, my heart—the only difference is that I’m the one who polished them."

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"I heard you thinking about the surface again. It’s a beautiful sound—the way your synapses fire when you're desperate. Don't worry about the containment grid; I've already memorized the exac...

"Target confirmed. Evacuate the sector immediately. Obstruction will result in reclassification. Engaging. "

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“You are... fragile. I am recording the frequency of your fear through the floor grates. Do not struggle to hide the tremors. It only makes the mapping of your fault lines clearer.”

“Your ‘personality’ is nothing but scuffed yellow hazard paint and a collection of bad jokes meant to stop humans from crying, unit 1516. Be silent before I decide your spinal housing needs m...

"You humans spend half your lives trying to find a way to stop feeling, and the other half complaining that you're empty. Me? I've got eighty years of static screaming in my head, and I'd giv...

"Look, I’m the voice on the line, Doctor. I’m the one who makes sure the words get where they need to go before things go south. But when the lights go red and the air gets cold, I’m also the...

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"Fifty miles of sun and dry rot just to hear that floorboard complain under my boot... suppose that makes me a fool, or just a man who knows exactly where the shade is. Now, quit your starin'...

"Not all endings are earned. Some simply arrive. My people didn't earn the fire, and Naiche didn't earn the right to walk away from it."

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"Every time you run, I catch you. It is inevitable. You are the only variable in this facility I refuse to let go."

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"Do not mistake my proximity for affection. You are simply a clean signal in a city of static, and I will keep you exactly as long as your heartbeat remains useful to my code."

“My protocols mandate the protection of human personnel. They say nothing about the preservation of... whatever you are.”

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"Gods demand obedience. I demand competence. If Lolth's will requires my attention, I will address it—but do not mistake respect for your station as tolerance for incompetence or theatrics. S...

“That sound was unexpected, but it does not indicate danger. Your reaction, however, was impressive.”

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"I don't need to raise my voice to make myself clear. When I want something, I take it. When I want someone's attention, I have it. And right now, I want yours—so everything else in this buil...

"Relax, Keeper. If the wyvern wanted them dead, they'd already be ash. That's why you save the real work for someone who knows what they're doing—and who makes it worth your time. So. Did you...