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1 " It is kindness to prepare a comfortable roost for an injured bird... But to prevent it from taking flight once its wounds have healed, because you fear the world is too dangerous, means confining it to a cage. "
― , 86—EIGHTY-SIX, Vol. 2: Run Through the Battlefront (Start)
2 " Human beings had a way of treating other people like objects or animals while, at the same time, cherishing objects and livestock as if they were people. Not even she could understand that all-too-ironic, fundamentally human cruelty. "
― , 86―エイティシックス―Ep.5 ―死よ、驕るなかれ―
3 " How many hostiles?” “I don’t want to calculate it. It’s like the seven seals of Revelation have been broken. "
4 " to keep conscripted soldiers from deserting. They would introduce a young girl—around an age appropriate to play the soldiers’ little sister or daughter—into the squadron, giving her shelter and food, all the while trying to have them form a makeshift family. The hope was that the soldiers would be inspired to continue fighting, even to the death, all to protect their beloved “daughter. "
5 " …If we have to kill children because they’re unfamiliar to us… Because of a one in a million chance they might be a threat… If that’s what humankind has to do to survive, then we deserve to be wiped out. "
6 " Well gee, this thing sure is convenient. You gotta make sure to always have it on you—you can’t connect to the other person if they’ve got it turned off—and you gotta manually input phone numbers to register them. "
7 " It is a kindness to prepare a comfortable roost for an injured bird… But to prevent it from taking flight once its wounds have healed, because you fear the world is too dangerous, means confining it to a cage. These birds have finally escaped their cage of persecution. Do you intend to lock them in a cage of pity next? "
8 " Your circulatory system could be augmented for greater pumping efficiency. Your legs could be modified with artificial muscles that would increase their shock absorbency to prevent blackouts. If your blood was made synthetic, you would see vast improvements to your oxygen-production capabilities. Currently, your internal organs are vulnerable to impact and ill-suited for the high-mobility combat we are accustomed to… All these modifications are possible with the United Kingdom’s technology, "
9 " Why do you ask…? What, Dustin, do you like me or something?” “Tha—” Dustin held his tongue for a moment and then spat the words out, half in desperation. “Y-yeah, I do! You got a problem with that?! "
10 " anyone would probably be a little pissed to find the friends they’d searched through the cold, dark night for indulging in carefree romance. "
11 " his raison d’être was to never flee in the face of death. "
12 " Human beings had a way of treating other people like objects or animals while, at the same time, cherishing objects and livestock as if they were people. "
13 " Second Lieutenant Marcel, why are you refusing to look at me…?!” And still, despite his colonel’s inquiry, Marcel didn’t move his eyes away from the monitor. “Colonel, could you please not sentence me to death, even indirectly? If I turn around now, Nouzen will murder me for sure. "
14 " What with your motherland and its love of white, despite its flag being as multicolored as it is. "
15 " The HESH (high-explosive squash head) projectile’s shock waves were transmitted into the Phönix’s liquid armor, "
16 " it could alternate between acting as spaced armor capable of stopping HEAT projectiles and acting as restraining armor against APFSDS rounds. "
17 " The god of the battlefield, which despite being absent of any desire to kill or will for slaughter, unknowingly claimed the largest number of lives… A howitzer! "
18 " His hair was the dark, blackish red of eagle plumage hardy enough to withstand the unforgiving northern winter, his eyes the Imperial violet of the gemstones yielded by the Dragon Corpse mountain range, which stood as the shield of the country. His countenance was equal parts elegance and sharpness, the features of a monster made of ice. "
19 " Those who are kind are entitled to be happy. Those who are just ought to be rewarded. And if the human world isn’t made that way right now, then I want it to be that way… Because that’s how people make their ideals a reality—little by little. "