The Finisher Quotes
"It was a map of something I never thought anyone could have mapped. It was a map of the Quag."
"I liked being young. And I liked being female."
"Every Wug knew that entering the Quag meant death."
"In many respects he was Council. By comparison, Jurik Krone was but a gnat on a slep’s hindquarters."
"You can never go through the Quag, Vega, so what does it matter? Just burn it."
"It’s not good to witness an Event, Vega Jane," he said clear as light. "Does no good to you here."
"We could tell them it was an Event, like the others. Like Virgil."
"There’s the Quag," she said. "Going to the Quag means death."
"Fear was a great thing if it was pointed in the right direction."
"I was more excited than afraid when a little less excitement and a little more fear would have been far smarter."
"Throwing caution to the wind, I leapt up to find the room empty."
"The words were imprinted on my brain. We could tell them it was an Event, like the others."
"This destroyed everything I had ever believed in, everything I had been taught."
"I did not have time for wonky. I had to get out of here."
"I slid out on my belly and hit the ground hard."
"I have never run that fast in all my sessions."
"It was stupid to bring it here, but I didn’t have time to go anyplace else."
"Before I realized it, Dis Fidus was ringing the bell that told us it was time to start packing up."
"I only stopped running when I was nearly a mile from Stacks."
"I slammed the door shut behind me and locked it."
"Every Wugmort had a time to die. This was surely mine."
"All of us were driven to work hard by the idea that Outliers of incomprehensible evil might turn up any sliver and devour the entire village."
"Perhaps it was to show Morrigone that John was not the only capable member of the Jane family."
"I rose before first light most times and was on my way to my tree with my tin of food slivers after eating a morsel or two at the Loons."
"My brother loved me and I loved him and that was really all there was to it."
"Even now, as I recalled this terrible memory, tears filled my eyes."
"Fancy meals and fancier titles do not really matter."
"But for the first time, for the very first time, I was seriously contemplating leaving this place."
"I had never felt this wonky before and that was indeed telling, for many recent things in my life had left me woozy."
"It’s not sound to try and think clearly under those circumstances."
"You’re here to fight, not run like a skittish baby slep."
"You can’t expect to just thrust him into something like this and have no mistakes made."
"I reached out tentatively, my fingers lightly touching the glass. I jerked them back, although nothing had happened."
"I looked at the glass and imagined that it was simply a wall of water."
"As my fingers closed around the rock, hard and cool in my palm, my smile was immense."
"I screamed, turned and ran. All this did was allow the thing to wrap its small legs around my waist."
"I felt the creature on my back tightening its grip around me."
"The thing's head hit the floor in front of me, bounced once and then lay still."
"I flew through the looking glass, tumbled to the hard marble floor, and was up in an instant."
"I’ll see you to collect my winnings after the Duelum is over."
"And if I survive, I intend to be free. Really free."
"I have to fight; I have to finish this. I am a Finisher after all."