Kalinag/Quotes

* ...I had arrived.
* A future unpainted--
* A Kyrati seeker like myself, searching for this mythical land.
* A Rakshasa of power the likes of which I'd never seen.
* A seeker's duty is to find this place, not defend it.
* A staircase to the sky.
* All I had to do was jump.
* And guiding me to its defense.
* And I was ready.
* And it was angry.
* And it was failing.
* And the seekers I found told me one simple truth:
* And yet I still felt unprepared in the face of the evil that lay before me.
* And you were chosen to paint my thangka? My journey to Shangri-La?
* As a child, my father told me stories of the Bells of Shangri-La. Their ring purged evil from the land.
* As I approached I could sense the bell's power.
* As if in a trance, I'd committed to freeing Shangri-La from evil.
* As if in conversation, Kyra lowered her arms in response.
* As if intoxicated by paradise.
* As though embracing death.
* Attack!
* But curiosity had drawn me into a hunt for the unknown demon; the Rakshasa that controlled all of Shangri-La.
* But even then I could sense its power.
* But I was a fool to think that paradise was immune to suffering.
* But my heart knew that if I stayed, I was not so different from the Rakshasa.
* But none had returned.
* But Shangri-La would always provide a path where there was none.
* But the Bell did not ring.
* But the Rakshasa's existence taught me my reality is only what my mind is prepared to accept.
* But the truth is, I never left.
* But where that path would lead remained a mystery.
* But while my journey was born of duty, the land had given it purpose.
* Dear painter, is that enough for your Thangka?
* Demons had invaded Shangri-La...not of this earth, not of clear mind.
* Each spin of a prayer wheel cleared a path through Shangri-La.
* Even you, painter of my own thangka.
* Get him!
* Go now!
* Go!
* He would warn me, "If you disobey your parents, the Bell`s ring will find you". I was terrified of them.
* His obsession.
* I began to feel more at home here than I did in Kyrat.
* I began to sense I had reached further in this journey than any who came before.
* I can't explain, but I sensed a connection between the Tiger and the spire that stood before me.
* I could feel my path and Shangri-La's future intertwine.
* I could not stand idle as paradise descended into chaos.
* I couldn't believe my eyes.
* I doubt this was the immortality they had in mind.
* I felt my skills sharpen. My focus narrow.
* I felt the weight of Shangri-La's past and future.
* I finally had my answer.
* I had always thought of the world as what I could see and touch.
* I had trained to be the King's protector but he selected me for something quite different.
* I had trained with Kaishin, his skill with the bow was unmatched.
* I had trained with the warrior Kaishin. It seems he had given his life for this place.
* I knew then there was only one way my journey could end.
* I looked at the valley below and realized...
* I often questioned whether I should continue on this path.
* I soon realized the miracles I'd witnessed were not simply for my amusement.
* I vowed to return it to his family in Kyrat.
* I was approaching unexplored territory.
* I was closer to the plague controlling this land. Whoever it was, knew I was coming.
* I was drawing closer to the Rakshasa.
* I was not alone in that fear.
* I was sent to find Shangri-La, paradise on earth.
* I was young. As warrior to the Kyrati King, I had only just earned my name. Kalinag.
* I wondered about the beings that killed these men.
* I wondered if any of these men had also been his ally in battle.
* I wondered if he was a window to my future.
* I'd grown up with prayer wheels my entire life, but these looked as if built for gods, such was their size.
* If I would succeed where they had failed.
* If you are to paint my journey to Shangri-La, you must believe they are one and the same.
* I'm often asked, "Kalinag, why would you leave Shangri-La?"
* Impaled by the tooth of a massive beast...
* It dawned on me then that no one would believe my story upon my return.
* It is said Shangri-La is where the God Kyra reached enlightenment.
* It was as though he was inviting me to step forward.
* It was as though I was leading him home.
* It was meant to be free.
* It was watching me.
* Its shriek was either a howl of pain...
* It's shriek was either a howl of pain...
* Kill him!
* Kyrati warriors dream of living forever. As legends told around campfires.
* Like a moth to a flame, I was drawn to protect Shangri-La from darkness.
* My formal duty to the king had ended upon discovering Shangri-La.
* My identity as a Kyrati was slipping through my fingers.
* My path here had been long and difficult. I'd seen things...done things...I'd wish on no one.
* Myths talked of ancient monks who journeyed to Shangri-La long ago.
* Now!
* Or a battle cry.
* Over there!
* Possessed by an unknown force, the prayer wheel spun at an incredible speed.
* Seeing the fallen seeker made me wish the Tiger could speak of his history.
* Shangri-La was a place that was not meant to be understood. Or controlled.
* Shangri-La was attempting to protect itself from evil.
* Shangri-La's beauty washed those memories away.
* Some say they built these shrines and statues simply with the power of thought.
* Someone...something wanted Shangri-La for themselves.
* Something here was missing. As though one of the statues had simply decided to spread its wings and fly.
* Something was controlling them, manipulating them.
* Tell me, how can your thangka show the impossible?
* The Bells were not enough to kill the Rakshasa.
* The bells were the key. The Rakshasa that chained them down knew that Shangri-La was helpless without their protection.
* The closer we came to the Rakshasa, the more twisted the world became.
* The irony of the seekers frozen in time was not lost on me.
* The King had given me a simple mission: find Shangri-La and return to Kyrat.
* The King had sent many of his best warriors before.
* The King had sent many seekers to find Shangri-La.
* The King...my family...my life in Kyrat...was a distant memory.
* The necklace was a great honor bestowed upon Kyrati warriors by the King.
* The only way you can witness paradise...is to live it.
* The Rakshasa had plenty of practice.
* The Rakshasa was waiting for me. I could sense it.
* The Rakshasa, chainer of Bells, watched over Shangri-La from an impossibly tall Spire.
* The Rakshasa, demon of bronze, knew no reason. Only death, destruction, and insatiable greed.
* The Rakshasa's power was both majestic and terrifying.
* The Rakshasa's spire may have seemed unreachable at first glance.
* The seekers were beginning to dwindle in number.
* The statue of Kyra revealed the first of the mythical Bells of Shangri-La.
* The stench of death, fear, and a dark, unknown world filled my senses.
* The tiger had gone from one world to the next.
* The Tiger had returned from the dead. Not to save my life, but to gain an ally.
* The Tiger had seen bloodshed. He was a being born from another world. A Protector.
* The Tiger knew the circle had to be completed.
* The tower of leaves called on me to step closer.
* The truth is...I've never cared.
* There had been a great battle in the forest. The tiger, defending his home. But from what?
* There were whole worlds I could not begin to understand.
* These monks tried to follow Kyra's path, and reached a great enlightenment.
* This Bell had been chained by a being of immeasurable strength.
* This is why the laws of the natural world do not apply in this paradise.
* This Rakshasa`s followers were obsessed with destroying all that was sacred and holy there.
* Tiger! Go!
* Time...time is a funny thing. I'd spent so much of it searching for Shangri-La, it never occurred to me how I'd spend it once I arrived.
* To believe in something beyond yourself. That is true paradise. Shangri-La is within me, and within you.
* To turn back was not an option. But to move forward, was to let go.
* Until now.
* Was he a window to my future?
* We wondered if they lived the rest of their days in paradise, or met their deaths.
* What is the difference between myth and reality?
* When I took his necklace, I felt a strange power surge through my body.
* When you see a miracle before your eyes...there is a strange comfort knowing you carry no answers.
* Yet here he was, killed without mercy.
* Yet here he was, sacrificing his life for Shangri-La.
* You are in my Shangri-La now.
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