“All threads lead to the Web. All struggles end in her fangs.”
“Stone has a memory, boy. You just have to listen long enough that it forgets you’re not part of it.”
“Gold is a noise. Stone is a promise. Chains are how you keep both.”
“In the dark, courage is a rumor. My blades make it truth… or silence it.”
“Once I walked in silk and shadow. Now I am the shadow—and the silk is my hunger.”
“The implants broke. The forest whispered. Now everything talks at once—and I’m the only one who can hear it.”
“Drink at the low tables, build at the high benches, and try not to burn either down. First round is on you; second chances are on me.”
“Scrap, prototypes, secrets—if someone threw it away, it’s just waiting for someone like me to pick it up.”
“If it grows, we thank the soil. If it moves on its own, we take notes and start running.”
“If the blast came from the right direction, we call that a success. If the wall’s still standing, we call that a bonus.”
“Where it crawls, the slime hardens into glass—and the fools who mocked it see themselves reflected in the shards.”
“You swear it’s watching you… right up until it bursts and you realize the eye was only there to make you stare.”