[VIDEO GAME/AUDIOBOOK/ANIMATED SHOW] Dryad's Wrath: The Riftkey Chronicles Book 1
Devin_DK for Samarek (Book 3, December 2021)
Resh. Has possessed one of the characters in the “Extras” section, and is using their knowledge and proximity to Eureon to his advantage. Traits: Intelligent, polite, empathetic, purposeful, smug.
Mark Hamill's Joker is a great reference voice for what I have in mind.
Monsters? Monsters. We are not monsters. It is in our nature to be predators. It is only because we hunt you humans, you... self-styled kings of all that live that you term us "monsters." We are merely doing what comes natural to us.
[Responding to this line: "You murdered my parents, took my sister, left my brother voiceless, killed so many of the servants I’ve rescued… all for no reason."]
Is it more righteous to ‘murder’ when your only reason is because someone paid you, Sir Assassin? How many widows have you left, I wonder? How many orphans, hm? How many lives ruined, snatched away in agony, while those they leave behind anguish over their memory? You’re a fine one to speak of reasons, my young friend, and to assume I had none verges on comedy.
[Genuine and serious] I do nothing without reason, which is why I’m asking you now. The Riftkey and the vial. I could have killed you as soon as I saw you. I could have killed you the entire time I’ve been here. But I chose not to, and I am giving you a chance to keep yours and your brother’s lives. Procure those two items, and I will leave.