by Azamiko on Thu Jul 05, 2007 2:58 am
Not old enough to love as yet,
but old enough to die, indeed.
--Deep Wizardry (a book, can't quite remember the author's name)
Maximum Ride: Saving the world and other extreme sports--the mutant kids--the heros--are captured and interrogated by the evil scientist:
"De tall, dark vun--dere's nothing special about him at all," ter Borcht said dismissively of Fang, who hadn't moved since the doctor had come in.
"Well, he's a snappy dresser," I offered.
"Vhat ozer abilities do you haf?" ter Borcht snapped, while his assistant waited, pen in hand.
Gazzy thought. "I have X-ray vision," he said. He peered at ter Borcht's chest, then blinked and looked alarmed.
Ter Borcht was startled for a second, but then he frowned. "Don't write dat down," he told his assistant in irritation. The assistant froze in midsentence.
"Is dere anysing special about you?" asked ter Borcht. "Anysing vorth saving?"
Fang pretended to think, gazing up at the ceiling. "Besides my fashion sense? I play a mean harmonica."
Another scientists tries to get them alone for individual testing, and explains that unless they're useful, they'll be killed:
"You should want to help us find out if you're at all useful to us alive."
"Because we're probably not that useful dead," Nudge said thoughtfully.
"No," I agreed. "Well, maybe as doorstops."
'By any means necessary. Heh, that's when your ideals outweigh your conscience. The question is: are you willing to give up yourself--your idea of who you are, of what is right--to help other people?"