"I never wanted anything to happen to my parents, but a hero needs an origin story."

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“You say catastrophe, I say, fuck yes.”

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“There are jobs I could work, temp jobs, call center jobs, tech support, if I had to. I have before, and I suspect that there will be times in my life when I have to get those jobs again, when I have to make ends meet. But I don't have another career waiting for me. I don't want another career.”

“Now, I recognize that these are very real possibilities." I said. "But let's pretend for a second that they aren't.”

“Fuck politics. I just want to burn shit down.”

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