[ Is the great retort to Prince's words, coupled with the same hard stare and clenched jaw. But what he says does not resonate with Parker in the least. Especially not when these enemies don't seem to be anywhere, sound like an elaborate lie to make them comply - much like the ones he had been fed back in military camp before seeing the world outside its protective, comfortable walls where people struggled, faced the injustice of either submitting to martial law, arbitrarily decided by those in power with no input from anyone else, or survive outside the safe perimeter and face dangers, but face them freely.
It was a shitty choice. And this too is a shitty choice. ]
What do you want, Prince? [ A name and a title that tastes bitter in his tongue. ] I'm not taking your word for it. [ All this enemy talk reminds him of the bullshit fed to him and others by the military. ]
What do they want, these enemies? [ He says the word with mocking intention, like he is speaking of the monsters in the closet. ] This-- thing inside us? They can take it.
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[ Is the great retort to Prince's words, coupled with the same hard stare and clenched jaw. But what he says does not resonate with Parker in the least. Especially not when these enemies don't seem to be anywhere, sound like an elaborate lie to make them comply - much like the ones he had been fed back in military camp before seeing the world outside its protective, comfortable walls where people struggled, faced the injustice of either submitting to martial law, arbitrarily decided by those in power with no input from anyone else, or survive outside the safe perimeter and face dangers, but face them freely.
It was a shitty choice. And this too is a shitty choice. ]
What do you want, Prince? [ A name and a title that tastes bitter in his tongue. ] I'm not taking your word for it. [ All this enemy talk reminds him of the bullshit fed to him and others by the military. ]
What do they want, these enemies? [ He says the word with mocking intention, like he is speaking of the monsters in the closet. ] This-- thing inside us? They can take it.