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COOL KIDS: THEY'RE THE LAIDBACK, FASHIONABLE AND CHARISMATIC BUNCH FAVORED BY THE GODS!
Losers either hate them or WISH THEY WERE THEM.

The next monster is "Evil Force," and I want you to just go ahead and wipe away all preconceived notions...
Obviously the name makes it sound bad.
Uh, it also is terrible.

Alma's cooking must be better than I give her credit for if it energized you that much.
"Ah...you know! All those vegetables."
In onion soup.
"All those vegetable."

Why do I feel like we've done something terrible?
"You did kill someone. Greater good or not, something would be very wrong with you if you didn't feel at least a little bad. But it was for the greater good. One of these days, that will sink in and help ease your guilty conscience."

Everyone is fine, it's just that you and the cabin are now far away from them. Don't worry. You'll be safe here. This is good. Everyone is happy. *You'll* be happy.

To defy me is to claim we stand on level ground. We do not. You are quiet shadow while I am brilliant radiance.

It was fun being the puppet-master, but now I grow weary.
It is time to put you in your place.

You're on a path in the woods. And at the end of that path is a cabin. And in the basement of that cabin is a princess.
You're here to slay her. If you don't, it will be the end of the world.

Why did I ever think I could stand beside them?

I look at Ira. Her face is... Huh.
The word "concern" flashed in my head, but I've already learned I'm no good at judgements like that. I shouldn't be presumptuous, it's a bad habit of mine.

DON'T- DON'T- DON'T LEAVE- LEAVE- LEAVE ME HERE!

he's in a better place.

He didn't have a choice. He was good and he did good.

After Katherine, I became... whatever it is I am now.

ANOTHER FAILURE, BUT SOMEHOW RIGHT NOW YOU KNOW, YOU ARE CERTAIN, THAT THIS TIME WILL BE THE ONE.

(After the performance, when all the actors have gone home...)
(You feel a sense of emptiness.)

Lost eternally in an endless night...
Is that your idea of paradise?

Betrayal. 'Every door you close on me is a door you close on yourself. Do you want to linger here, entwined with a creature you taught to hate you forever? Eternity never ends.'

My eyes keep snapping to the doorway. It's empty, of course.
What am I waiting for? Even if she showed up, what would she do? Mug him in front of everyone?
...Hehe. That would be really funny...
Hey! Stop thinking that! Maybe he really did forget. Who knows?

Waiting will not trouble this spectre.
Shaking still?
I ruffle your feathers.
Chain me up, but we'll still be together.
Days mean nothing in the maw of forever...

you crashed the car!!
You killed them!!!

Every day, I imagine a future where I can be with you...

You do not recognize the bodies in the water.

Oops... I think I broke you.

The same hell that I was spared awaits you soon.

THIS TIME.
THIS TIME, THIS TIME, THIS TIME.

You're holding a gun on me?
"No. Not you. On the world."
I exist in the world. Do not point a gun at me.

Or... Is something wrong with you?
Yeah, something's definitely wrong.
And no God can fix that.

A wagging finger. 'There is only so much thread in this place. Do not waste it. I am our only salvation.'

She was a good Queen.
However, like all good queens, she must eventually be recycled. Do us a favor and use those hands of yours to get the job done.