Protomen Quote Bot (ACT III JAN 9)
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The crowd had gathered there to watch him fall, to watch their hopes destroyed.
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All for naught if your heart stops beating, 'CAUSE YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT KEEPS IT ALIVE.
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(The two faced each other in the middle of the street. Joe's labored breaths drowning out the telescreen in the distance.
''My name is Thomas Light.'')
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TAKE ALL YOU'VE GOT INSIDE YOU,
RAISE YOUR FIST TO THE SKY,
LET IT BURN THROUGH THE CITY.
WE WON'T LAY DOWN AND DIE!!
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You and I, Tom,
We are men,
And we can bend,
And we can break.
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They say, this city. She's been dead for years now.
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I'LL GIVE YOU ONE MORE WORD OF WISDOM.
WHEN YOU STAND AND FACE THE GATES OF HELL:
YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN. YOU'RE ALL YOU'VE GOT.
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(One by one they will fall. No mercy will be shown. No hesitation. These are machines. They cannot feel pain. They cannot understand what drives Megaman onward. The rage is lost on these soldiers. Megaman has his target now.)
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If there's a way out of this, somebody tell me now, (THERE'S NO WAY BACK, WE CAN'T GO BACK,)
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(He quickly turned to exit, the machine striding stoically a few steps behind. The two men were both headed to the same place.)
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I know who you are, I've seen what you've done from up in your tower.
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(At this very moment - his moment of glory - he wished he could be out in the streets of the city. He wished he could hear the hum of a thousand tubes, powering the screen, popping to life and warming up simultaneously...)
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They looked to me once. now they turn to you.
Do you understand now? Do you see that the truth is:
They don't want to change this.
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BUT IF I STAY HERE WITH YOU,
THEN I WILL NEVER KNOW THE TRUTH.
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And the spark that we carry will turn the dark into
A FLAME, A FIRE, A LIGHT.
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No one who would oppose the robots.
No one who would challenge their power.
Or so Dr. Wily believed...