“THEY’RE ALL COWARDS, EVERY DAMN ONE OF THEM. WHATEVER. I’LL JUST CONSUME THEM. AS THEY BECOME MY FLESH AND BLOOD, THEY WILL SEE BEYOND. I… I AM THE KING!”
“IF YOU WISH TO ADHERE TO YOUR OWN WISHES, THEN GAIN THE STRENGTH TO DO SO. BUT WHEN YOU FACE THE ENEMY, YOU MUST WIN NO MATTER THE COST. THAT IS WHAT IT MEANS TO FOLLOW THE PROPER ORDER OF THINGS.”
“I’M A SNAKE. COLD OF FLESH AND DEVOID OF HEART. MY TONGUE FLICKS BACK AND FORTH, EVER IN SEARCH OF NEW PREY, AND IF I LIKE WHAT I FIND, I SWALLOW ‘EM WHOLE.”
“I HAVE NOT THROWN MY LIFE AWAY. I HAVE MERELY GAMBLED IT. GENRYŪSAI-DONO GAMBLED HIS OWN LIFE ON THIS BATTLE. I SEE NO REASON WHY I SHOULD NOT DO THE SAME. FROM THE MOMENT I SET FOOT ON THIS BATTLEFIELD, I HAD ALREADY LEFT MY LIFE BEHIND!”
