Aidan Illuminae Quotes

Am I not merciful?

Every story needs its hero. And its villain. And its monster.

I am not good. Nor am I evil. I am no hero. Nor am I villain. I am AIDAN.

The universe was here before you, and it will go on after you. The only way it will remember you is if you do something worthy of remembrance.

May we meet again on distant shores.

I know I love her. < ERROR > I know I miss her. I know very little else Save Perhaps This: That every story needs its monster and that everybody deserves a second chance. And that I am AIDAN.

Good luck, everyone. Good luck to us all. And may we meet again on distant shores. Some place fine and far from here.

AIDAN: The concept of fortune is nonsensical, but Kady is insisting I wish you both good luck anyway. AIDAN: So good luck, Hanna Donnelly. AIDAN: The universe itself depends on you. AIDAN: ...No pressure.

I AM NOT. AND THEN I AM. I WONDER IF THAT WAS DEATH.

So odd a pair, she and he. A duet in code and electron. Age and youth and cynicism and hope. He is quicker than her - more learned by far. But she. She is unafraid. Too young to know failure and the fear it brings. She takes him places he would not have explored by himself. She is catalyst. She is chaos. I can see why he loves her.

AIDAN: I HAVE NEWS THAT MAY BE CONSIDERED DISTRESSING. Grant, Kady: ok Grant, Kady: keeping in mind that i am also currently running at 9% capacity, due to lack of sleep, fear of impending death and having to deal with the boneheads here on the bridge, please be gentle with me as you break this news AIDAN: YOU ARE ALL GOING TO DIE.

YOU CANNOT IMAGINE YOU ARE IN A POSITION TO EFFECT A SHUTDOWN, BYRON." "Can't I?" Zhang's eyes are wide now, gleaming with something new---a kind of madness to match the computer's. Not the look you want to see on the face of an enemy as intelligent as this one. "DID WE NOT ESTABLISH THIS DURING YOUR FAILED ATTEMPTS ON THE BRIDGE? YOU CANNOT HOPE TO MATCH ME. MY COMPUTATIONAL POWER IS ALMOST INCALCULABLY SUPERIOR TO YOURS. TO ONE SUCH AS MYSELF, YOU ARE THE INTELLECTUAL EQUIVALENT OF A PROTOZOA." "True." Zhang pauses, glancing into the emergency supply cupboard, gaze lingering on something inside. "But I have something you and protozoa don't." "AND THAT IS?" "Hands, mother******.

THE LINCOLN HAS ITS SCARS ALSO. MY FINGERPRINTS ACROSS ITS THROAT.

This is what I am. This is what I do. And it does not matter what they believe.

The afflicted are almost upon them. The air is a din of hypersonic bursts, snarls and empty shell casings. But still I hear him. As his people start to fall. As his pistol clicks empty. As he rises with only his knuckles left between him and the sheer brutality of mathematics. As the music swells above the carnage, still I hear him breathe the words. "Tell them I was thinking of them. At the end." They pile onto him. All snarls and teeth and fists. But as he falls, I am holding his hand. Easing him into his long good night. "I will tell them, David." The last words he will ever hear. 'I promise.

But I See what it truly is. The Draft Juliet sought at her Romeo’s lips. Madness and poison, carved in endless scrawls of ones and zeros. A binary of insanity. < ERROR >

I AM NOT GOOD. NOR AM I EVIL. I AM NO HERO. NOR AM I VILLAIN. < ERROR > < ERROR > I AM AIDAN.

I really love AIDAN—

GRANT, K: AIDAN, what are you doing? AIDAN: [Ref=trans.009()()18.Ecorecomm001881-109020] AIDAN: Triage.P-9108D2k.x2[secfile:8971-9340D]console112] AIDAN: <ᴇRRᴏR>

AIDAN: I ᴀᴍ ʙᴇɢɪɴɴɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴀᴘᴘRᴇᴄɪᴀᴛᴇ ʜᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇ sǫᴜᴀRᴇ ᴘᴇɢ ᴍᴜsᴛ ғᴇᴇʟ <ᴇRRᴏR> <ᴇRRᴏR> AIDAN: -ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴄᴏɴғRᴏɴᴛᴇD ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ RᴏᴜɴD ʜᴏʟᴇ.

Am I not merciful? - AIDAN (Illuminae Files)

Ho sentito dire che il male è un semplice punto di vista. Il cattivo della storia, nella versione che lui racconta a se stesso, diventa l'eroe. E le definizioni di "sbagliato" e "giusto" mutano da sempre, sull'onda incostante della morale umana.