One thing that always gets me about the Pale King is his dream nail dialogue. Like yeah “no cost too great” has been memed to hell and back, but I’m talking about what comes after.
After he drops his iconic phrase, there’s another line of dialogue that’s just an ellipsis.
>“No cost too great…”
>“…”
We’ve seen only ellipses used before in dreamnail dialogue, usually to indicate the creature having no or limited self awareness. However, for this to be used for such a major character like PK must have some significance. His dialogue spoke of his own unflinching beliefs, that he was correct, that the ends justified the means— and then he paused. His dialogue ends on that pause, leaving it to sink in, further cementing it as something unsaid, perhaps even something PK didn’t even let himself think - that he might have been wrong.
This potentially speaks volumes. This all-knowing Wyrm with foresight on his side, who should never have reason to second-guess his decisions, seemed to do so in that moment if only a little. Those may even have been his dying thoughts.
And I don’t know, I feel some kind of way about it.
