these namby-pamby Goldbrows aren’t allowed to shit? And when they do, I wonder, does it come out gold?”
Zoe Anehas quoted2 days ago
It is the Sigil of a Violet—the creatives—
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that sit in comfort on their thrones on distant Earth, Colors that have never been to Mars. Is that something to live for? I’ll say it again, your father had the right of it.”
Zoe Anehas quoted2 days ago
Well, sure we are. But it’s more on the spot to call us slaves. We beg for food. Beg for Laurels like dogs begging for scraps from the master’s table.”
Alison Reynosohas quotedlast month
“You’re making a savior,” he accuses, looking over at Dancer. “Dancer, you bastard. You’re making a messiah for your gorydamn cause.”
Alison Reynosohas quotedlast month
“We want you to make our boy here into a Gold.”
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If violence is the Gold sport, manipulation is their art form
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“Then what is your purpose?” I ask.
She holds up her hands, caked with dirt and blood.
“The same as yours, little Helldiver. To make the dream come true.”
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“Live for more,” she mouths to me. She reaches into her pocket and pulls out the haemanthus I gave her. It is smashed and flat. Then loudly she screams to all those gathered, “Break the chains!”