Cause you and I, Tom,
We are men,
And we can bend,
And we can break.
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Cause you and I, Tom,
We are men,
And we can bend,
And we can break.
I CAN HEAR THEM CALLING OUT.
07.12.2025 22:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0No one was left who could remember how it had happened.
07.12.2025 21:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0(His father's motorbike was there.)
07.12.2025 21:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0YOU CAN RUN IF YOU NEED TO, STOP WHILE YOU'RE STILL ALIVE.
07.12.2025 20:33 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0(3 seconds...)
07.12.2025 19:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0BUT EACH OF US WAS BORN TO DIE,
AND NOW I KNOW THAT'S HOW THE STORY ENDS.
Step forward, step into the light.
07.12.2025 18:43 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0WE WON'T LAY DOWN AND DIE!!
07.12.2025 18:12 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0(Liner: There is a skyline in the distance. A brilliant and bright city with building after building crowded into a dense and industrious center.)
07.12.2025 17:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0There was a moment in the darkness
Just before the blinding light
The world was standing there before you
Just out of sight.
NO, HE DID NOT USE HIS HANDS, LIKE A SMART MAN, HE USED A TOOL,
BUT JUST THE SAME.
(With eyes full of rage, Megaman looked over the whole of Mankind, turned his eyes back to the robot army and lowered his head. Slowly, he loosened his grip on his battle-scarred helmet, letting it drop from his hand to the ground.)
07.12.2025 16:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0So you will stay here. You will OBEY me,
And I will keep grieving for the son I sent to death.
WON'T YOU OPEN YOUR EYES?
07.12.2025 14:49 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I NEVER SAID THAT MEN SHOULD BOW;
I NEVER SAID THAT MEN SHOULD BREAK.
WE'VE GIVEN EVERYTHING WE CAN.
07.12.2025 13:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Can you open your eyes?
See the blood's on the ground?
CAN'T YOU HEAR THEM CALLING OUT?
And I know we won't fight alone.
And the spark that we carry will turn the dark into
A flame, a fire, a light.
IF THERE EVER WAS A TIME,
IF THERE EVER WAS A CHANCE,
TO UNDO THE THINGS I'VE DONE AND WASH THESE BLOODSTAINS FROM MY HANDS
IT HAS PASSED AND BEEN FORGOTTEN.
THEY LOOKED TO ME ONCE. NOW THEY TURN TO YOU.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND NOW? DO YOU SEE THAT THE TRUTH IS:
THEY DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THIS.
I SAW THE LOOK IN HIS EYES,
SAW THE FIRE RAINING DOWN.
CAN'T YOU HEAR THEM CALLING OUT?
WE ARE THEIR HOPE.
07.12.2025 10:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0But if I stay here with you,
Then I will never know the truth.
I KNOW THE FIGHT IS ALREADY DONE.
07.12.2025 08:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0(The sniper robot's hand never once went for the gun at its side. It leaned in, a large blade clenched in its left fist, waiting for the proper moment.)
07.12.2025 08:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0(With a few deft motions, he detached the dark green helmet from the body of the robot, tossing it to Joe.
''Here... try this on.'')
(The machine tossed the knife in through the window, and leapt to the ground below. Light's eyes followed the arc of the blade to the floor, to Emily.
Sirens approached in the distance.)
And I know we've had our time,
I know we've had our chance.
But I know the fight is already done.
(Liner: In a workshop in a building overlooking the city, two great men argued over whether or not to turn the wheels.)
07.12.2025 06:07 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0