Into the Electric Castle
- Forever of the Stars (Part 2)
The fires of your emotions gleamed like lost beacons in the darkened depths of the fathomless universe. And eight of you, plucked from time - not randomly, you understand - representatives of your world's turbulent history. We have observed your tribulations from nameless nebulae. The experiment is over. I am weary now... so tired. I too am far from home. Open the gate. Complete the circle. You won't remember. You won't recall, for I am only the air that you breathe after all.
Into the Electric Castle
- Forever of the Stars (Part 1)
I am of the stars. I am called Forever. Eternity courses through my veins. It is cold beyond your sun where we come from. We seeded the universe with the milk of a million moons. You are that seed. Your Earth is our experiment. We vanquished the dinosaurs with the careless trajectory of a child's lost meteorite. We peopled your planet to experience your emotions - such feelings lost to us eons ago. How we envied you your loves and passions, your dangerous desires.
Scott Lynch
- The Lies of Locke Lamora
Bug was already rolling to his left, so the spray of fine rust-colored powder that erupted from his Twist missed him by inches. The watch-sergeant was not so lucky; it was a solid hit, scattering the hellish-hot stuff up his nose, down his mouth, and straight into his eyes.