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*''"A shape which depends on nothing but itself." Do you see the profundity of that concept?'' | *''"A shape which depends on nothing but itself." Do you see the profundity of that concept?'' | ||
*''Ah, my foolish friend, you walk the spine of an ouroboros. Find another way.'' | *''Ah, my foolish friend, you walk the spine of an ouroboros. Find another way.'' | ||
*''Delusions of purpose, heroism, hope... these are what stand between humanity and true understanding.'' | |||
*''Whenever in our passage we find ourselves in need of power – remember that the greatest authority here is a blade made keen by eons of use.'' | *''Whenever in our passage we find ourselves in need of power – remember that the greatest authority here is a blade made keen by eons of use.'' | ||
*''There is only one end to the universe, only one conclusion - what the gods of this place call "The Last True Shape."'' | *''There is only one end to the universe, only one conclusion - what the gods of this place call "The Last True Shape."'' | ||
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*''Come back to us, Eris. Come back. I have seen your future; you are, as ever, fated to be misunderstood, maligned, ruined on the rocks of tragedy...'' | *''Come back to us, Eris. Come back. I have seen your future; you are, as ever, fated to be misunderstood, maligned, ruined on the rocks of tragedy...'' | ||
*''Sympathy and study do not breed alliances. Don't mistake me.'' | *''Sympathy and study do not breed alliances. Don't mistake me.'' | ||
*''Do you know the Awoken bury their dead in open-air crypts? It's a tradition born of a dreadful kind of optimism. Foolish, if you ask me.'' | |||
*''You are a brave light, but a stupid one, too.'' | |||
*''War above and trickery below, all within a city built for navigation. The unholy trinity.'' | *''War above and trickery below, all within a city built for navigation. The unholy trinity.'' | ||
*''[[Quria, Blade Transform|Quria]] is the key. The Mind simulates Oryx, and thereby masters the power to Take. But of course, Quria is no power unto itself.'' | |||
*''The Shape needs no followers; no one to enact it, to preach it, to practice it. It is, and will be. There's nothing else, Hive or no Hive, the end is still the same. So why are you here?'' | *''The Shape needs no followers; no one to enact it, to preach it, to practice it. It is, and will be. There's nothing else, Hive or no Hive, the end is still the same. So why are you here?'' | ||
*''Listen! Do you hear them respond to your presence? Commands echoing through the dark, fetid caverns...'' | *''Listen! Do you hear them respond to your presence? Commands echoing through the dark, fetid caverns...'' | ||