Mortality Quotes in Fuse
How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
She looks at Lyda as if maybe he'd like to die. Lyda can't understand it. (5.46)
Lyda doesn't understand why Illia would want to die, but let's put ourselves in Illia's shoes. She's in immense pain, and her whole life has been filled with suffering. We fear death, but it can also be seen as eternal peace.
Quote #2
He's always accepted the truth of his life—now his death. (17.56)
The truth of El Capitan's life is that he's forever conjoined to his brother. The truth of his death (at that moment) would be to blow up from a robotic spider. El Capitan has simply come to terms here.
Quote #3
"It's the scent of humanity, Partridge. It smells like mortality. Death." (48.57)
But what does death smell like? We're hoping it's like freshly-baked pumpkin bread. (Probably not.)
Quote #4
Partridge remembers the stench of ash and death shuttled around on the wind. Blood. The iron-scented air after his brother and mother were killed. That's death. (48.58)
Death isn't fully realized until it's observed: for Partridge, seeing his mother die is what allows him to understand death.
Quote #5
It's like his body has already started to wish Bradwell dead and gone, and there's nothing his conscience can do about it. (73.12)
Sometimes we wish that other people would just go away. It's horrible, but it happens—El Capitan is just pointing out a simple truth.
Quote #6
The thought appears in his mind: he killed Bradwell. He imagined him dead and now he's dead. (73.19)
Not quite how it works, El Capitan. But this quote shows that Cap is a character with a conscience: he's worried that his death-wish for Bradwell turned into death-reality.
Quote #7
He thinks for a moment that it's Death […] "Death is coming," El Capitan says, "to steal our souls." (73.44)
El Capitan personifies death (notice how he uses a capital "D"), and suggests that death is there to "steal."
Quote #8
"I'm Pure already. You are too. Let me die that way." (75.37)
Bradwell's come to terms with his death, but Pressia denies him the peace of death. This brings up the question of whether or not we should have the choice in preserving or ending the lives of others.