Confident. Cocky. Lazy. Dead.
Not everyone can stand up and be a hero, Princess. Some prefer to surrender to the inevitable and salve their consciences with the gift of survival.
Whatever my ancestors did to you, none of them consulted me.
The world was all mud and wire. The war in the heavens was only a faint imitation of the horror men had learned to make.
...Coca-Cola and fries, the wafer and wine of the Western religion of commerce.
Ah? A small aversion to menial labor?" The doctor cocked an eyebrow. "Understandable, but misplaced. One should treasure those hum-drum tasks that keep the body occupied but leave the mind and heart unfettered.