I won't go back and live in the sea again.
Be careful what you pray for.
What wastrel mankind destroyed takes time for nature to put to rights.
I'm reverent from a distance.
Gather the shards of your courage. Patch together what resolve you can. We'll find this thing - and kill it.
Loyalty must be forged - to him, to his: stronger than iron, from experience, from risk - it can't be bought, or taught, or promised before the fact. Allegiance must be earned so it will hold, win or lose.