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"Antony:— Thou art a soldier only. Speak no more. Enobarbus:— That truth should be silent I had almost forgot.
Antony:— You wrong this presence. Therefore speak no more. Enobarbus:— Go to, then. Your considerate stone."
Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act II, Scene 2 [Hoop should hold us stanch, from edge to edge of the world.]
Ryder: You're mad I didn't let the crazy guy shoot you?
Awake At Last — Still Breathing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CAncSwRbRo
"The stone cannot be removed from its place by any force, because the hoop and its feet are one continued piece with
that body of adamant which constitutes the bottom of the island. By means of this loadstone, the island is made to rise
and fall, and move from one place to another. For, with respect to that part of the earth over which the monarch presides,
the stone is endued at one of its sides with an attractive power, and at the other with a repulsive."
Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels, Part III A Voyage to Laputa, Chapter 3 A phenomenon solved, 1726.
The Archon has caught insane chatter that destroys his authority & tests jealous suspicion against his representatives.
"When all is done and said, In the end thus shall you find, He most of all doth bathe in bliss That hath a quiet mind."
Thomas Vaux, A Quiet Mind, 1550.
Jaal: You proved him right! In front of everyone.
"Govianus:— Is death so long a-coming to mankind It must be met halfways? 'Las, the full time Is to eternity but a minute.
Was that so long to stay? Oh, cruel speed! There's few men pay their debts before their day; If they be ready at their time,
'tis well, And but a few that are so. What strange haste Was made among these people! My heart weeps for't."
Thomas Middleton, The Second Maiden's Tragedy, Act V, Scene 1 The bedchamber, 1611 [Serpent's wisdom is in women's lust.]
Riddhi puts Jaal on the spot as her supposed lover. She feels sure whole angara species will come to enjoy her outcome.
"Skill and confidence are an unconquered army."
George Herbert, Outlandish Proverbs (Jacula Prudentum), 1640, p. 324 [I was taken by a morsel says the fish.]
Jaal: This will come back to haunt me.
Cybernetics bound Jaal & child killer Liam. Riddhi strips necrophilia: male yahg, Alec Ryder, Illusive Man & the Archon.
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