Bird/Quotes

### Volume 3

* (To Pawn) “I do not interact with any other species, Pawn. You are fortunate to talk with a Human on a daily basis.”
* (To Pawn) “There are many birds here. I must go hunt them.”

### Volume 4

* (To Erin) “Yes. Shooting birds is enjoyable.”
* To Regrika (Venitra):
	+ “Know that I am obliged to hurt you with brutal force. You are not a bird, so I will shoot you and not eat you. Unless you are tasty.”
	+ “That was feces from the outhouse. I gathered it. It is an antagonistic action meant to irritate. I am bait. The poo is not from birds, by the way.”
* (To Himself) “I am Bird. Bird I am. I hunt birds with my bow. This is my song. La. Lah, la…birds.”
* (To Badarrow) “You shot me! It was a good shot! I said *good shot!* Show me how!”
* (To Erin) “Goose. Goose. Goose. Oh. A duck’s feather. I am very content.”
* (To Erin) “You are interrupting the story. Be shush.”

### Volume 5

* (To himself) “I am Bird. I am wet. It is raining. I am wet. Drip, drip, I am Bird…”
* To himself:
	+ “Water, rain, water, rain! Throwing birds in the water in the rain! If I fall I will drown! Water, rain, water, rain!”
	+ “One moth goes splat, two moths go splat-splat. Three moths go *splat-splat-splat.*”
* To Free Queen:
	+ “If I bring you a bird, can I go?”
	+ “You are a big Queen. Not at all like a bird. I am Bird. Is it hard to breathe? I am very high. Like a bird! I always wanted to be a bird.”
	+ “I always wanted to fly. Belgrade says a Worker cannot fly but I am very high. *I am very high. I am very high, all up in the sky. I am Bird. I like to fly. So very high. When my Queen holds me, I am in the sky. Will I die? Fly, fly. Fly.”*
	+ “Miss Erin is very nice. She made me a fortress of fluff.”
* (To himself) “*I am Bird, this is bad. If the monsters get Erin, I will be sad…oh, there are many. This is bad, bad, bad!*”
* (To Badarrow) “…Why were we shooting at Mister Halrac?”
* (To Erin) “How bad did I do. Very bad? *Very* bad?”
* (To Halrac) “*I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry—*”
* To Mrsha:
	+ “Go away. I am worthless.”
	+ “Leave me. I am not-Bird. I am bad-Bird.”
* (To Selys) “Miss Ceria is gone too. I have failed twice over. She is a resident of the inn. And Ksmvr is gone. I have failed thrice over.”
* To Bevussa:
	+ “Oh. Good. Then I will bother you.”
	+ “Yes. But I am also named Bird after Henry Edward Bird, who played chess and was important. He was a Human who invented the Bird’s Opening and Bird’s Defense in chess.”
	+ “They are beautiful. I would trade all my pillows for one feather.”
	+ “You have wings. And you fly. Thus you are a bird. But Erin has explained to me why I am not supposed to shoot you, so I will not. Unless you want me to?”
	+ “I am not food.”
	+ “I must go for reasons I have not come up with yet. Goodbye.”
* (To himself) “That is good. I am Bird. Ow. Ow. I am much in pain. Ow. But I am brave. La, la, I am a brave little Bird…ow.”
* (To Garry) “Ah. The cake is not a lie. And it is cake. And very tasty. Even though it makes my stomach hurt.”

### Volume 6

* (Singing to Free Queen) “*Bird that I am. Birds that I see. A bird flies down and calls to me. Birds of the land, birds of the sea. Oh, I wish I had a bird to eat.*”
* (Singing) “*La, la, arrow here, arrow there. Should I shoot to kill? Or should I not? This are very complicated thoughts. Shoot, shoot, shot.*”
* (To Erin) “Is that a yes? I am Bird. I have a room here. And I used to have a tower. It was exploded by a Goblin. With a sword. May I have it back?”
* (Singing) “La, la. I am back. I am home. And home is where I roam. Home. Not alone. I am back and I am happy. For I am Bird and Bird is me.”
* (To Erin) “Of course I am silly, Erin. And I must be silly, not seriously happy or fun, but dignified. If it was not good and fun to be silly, and if silly was not silly, I would not be.”
* (To Grimalkin) “I am as simple as I choose to be. I am a Bird and I am free to be me.”
* (To Ksmvr) “It is your fault! You should have killed the Crelers and not brought them to the inn! Now the inn is broken! My tower is broken! My tower is *always* broken!”

### Volume 7

* (Singing) “*La, la, lala, la. I am Bird and big birds are in Pallass’ sky. They must surely die. Why? Because they’re birds. And I am Bird.*”
* (To Grimalkin) “Tell me something, then. *Is it war?*”
* (To Erin & Lyonette) “I am sorry for causing trouble, Erin, Miss Lyonette. I did not mean to. I just wanted to hunt the Wyverns. I will be punished and obey.”
* (Singing) “*Now I am sad. Because I have been bad. This is my bad bird song, which is all I can do because I cannot eat birds. Which is sad.*”
* (To Erin) “We will protect you until the end. Did you not hear us the first time?”
* (To Mrsha) “Why do I like killing birds when I like to fly? Because…flying things taste good. And I am jealous they fly. So perhaps we are enemies. But I would be sad if all birds died.”
* (Monologuing) “This is Bird the [Hunter]. I am now in sight of my quarry. And now I will sneak up on the helpless Gnoll. I am going to eat her. Probably. Although she might not taste good.”
* (To Archer B12) “If you do not eat the cheese, terrible things will happen. Archer B12’s duty is to eat the cheese. That is what Individual Bird says. Also, as slowly as you want.”
* (To Anand) “Me? I am Bird. That is what I have always been. Sometimes I am serious. But you knew that.”
* (To Free Queen) “I am being me. I know you said you would kill me if I saw you again. But I wanted to say goodbye. Goodbye. And thank you. You are not my mother. But you might have been a good one. I wish I could have heard you sing. May Garry come with us?”
* To Antinium:
	+ “I am Bird of The Wandering Inn. This is my home. I am quitting my Hive.”
	+ “Klbkch does not rule *me*.”
* (Singing) “*La, la. Chop, chop. I am helping chop wood. Which is good. This song has rhymes. I will think more up in time.*”
* (To Selys) “*No! I am not playing! You cannot have my birds!*”
* (To Kevin) “…What is this ‘turkey’ you mention? And please explain other stuff, which may be birds.”
* (To everybody) “Hello. I am Bird. Check my Bird Reviews section in the Liscorian Gazette. Have some ice cream. It is made of strawberries, not blood. Hello, I am Bird. Would you like some ice cream? I have opinions about birds.”
* (Singing) “*La, la. It is a glorious today. All our friends come back from far away. Unless they are dead. But they are alive in my head. Today, our friends come back to the inn. So I will sing. Happiness is today. Tomorrow may be sad, but I do not think of tomorrow. So I am always glad.*”
* (To himself) “How strange. The wind? Wait. This is it! I can *fly!*”
* (To anyone) “Hello? Who has turned the sky off? Hello?”
* (Humming) “*One arrow, two arrows, three arrows…three legs go ouch…*”
* To Archer Workers:
	+ “Bad things happen. They always happen, like good things. Sometimes people do bad things. Sometimes people do good things. This is so. I have observed it.”
	+ “Good is a feeling. Good is not happy. Happy lasts a short time. Good feels good even when happy is gone.”
* (Singing) “*Two birds, three birds, all in the pot. Or if I leave them out, they will rot.*”
* (To Nalthaliarstrelous) “I will kill as many birds as I see. Yes, as many as fly past me. I eat them all. I leave some to rot so they get squishy. And I like their feathers very muchly. Will you kill me?”
* To Erin:
	+ “This is true. However, if I was them and I was listening to you, Erin, I would not trust you either. Because you are lying. If you are lying, how can you ask to trust someone? This makes no sense.”
	+ “Did you lie to Pawn or we when you taught us chess? I do not think so. If you did—we would not have liked you. Lies are like hollow bricks. You cannot build much with them. It all falls apart.”
* (To Mrsha) *“If it flies, it can probably die. Probably. With enough arrows. Give me a big enough bow and I can probably kill it.”*
* To Lyonette:
	+ “Yes. To cultivate more birds so they are not all dead. The [Druids] have shown me the way. I must kill birds and allow more birds to reproduce. Otherwise—there will one day be no birds.”
	+ “I want a ballista! Waaah! Waaaah! Am I being annoying? I will do this until I get one! *I want a ballista!*”
* (To Kilkran) “A salt bird. A salt bird! I very much like you, Kilkran.”
* To Erin:
	+ “I will eat. But if we all die because there was an inefficiency in my fire speed, I will be slightly upset!”
	+ “Yes. If it is the law and the law is right, follow the law. Otherwise it is a bad law. These are easy questions, by the way.”
* (To Erin) “If I let go, he might vanish. He is back. Look, Erin. I found him.”
* (To Erin) “I am already Bird. I am so much Bird that I cannot be more Bird, Erin. Therefore, the boon has no effect. That is obvious. You must use more logic.”
* (To Olesm) “Foolish Olesm. Talent does not define a chess player. That is what Erin says. And I play her every day. She bets bird dishes on each game. So I must beat her.”

### Volume 8

* To Rose:
	+ “Feel better. Bring Erin back. These are strange things you say, Rose. I did not plan this to have any of this happen. I chose to do this because I want them dead. Not to feel better. Not to bring Miss Erin back. Your logic is faulty. Mine is simple. Hectval exists. I wish it to be gone. I will never forgive them.”
	+ “Miss Rose. I have killed people. I have killed monsters. I have killed birds, and rats that eat the food here. I do not feel guilty about killing things. Some things must die. Hectval is one of them. You cannot change my mind. Nothing you say can.”
* (To Fierre) “Hello! You are welcome, Miss Fierre! You are very strong and very weak at fighting! Do not run around when I am sleeping or you will be food for crabs. Good night!”
* (To Ishkr) “Ishkr. Ishkr. I will have two fried birds, and one boiled bird baby, please. Also, also I would like the oranged juice. I will not tip you in worms this time, I promise.”
* To Belavierr:
	+ “This is an inn. This is where people come by. Did you not know that?”
	+ “I am naked. You have no power over me. Take this! Stab, stab—is this working?”
* (To Pawn) “Of course. I am here to see who else will come. I know I am banned, but Klbkch is not here. So I poo on him.”
* (To other Hives’ Antinium) “Hello. I forgot to say this—I am Bird. You do not know me, I do not know you. Especially you.”
* (To Pivr) “Thank you for telling me, not-bird Antinium. I like your wings.”
* To all Antinium:
	+ “I have never been to the south. Yet some Gnoll has taken Mrsha. She is missing, and she is part of the inn. If Erin wakes up tomorrow—she will be sad. Lyonette will be sad, if Mrsha never comes back. I will be…sad.”
	+ “I have been to Pallass, you know. Someone once said Antinium would never take Pallass’ walls and I walked on them. It was okay. There were lots of bird-Wyverns, and I got into trouble. I nearly died. But that is normal.”
	+ “I am asking if you wish to come. But I will tell you this: if you leave, you will never come back. That is the truth.”
	+ “I tell you this because it is true. And I am asking because I am going, not because I want more Antinium to die with me. That is not my goal. If you were wondering.”
	+ “I am asking if you *want* to come with me. Because I *am* going. I must. So if you must—come. If you know you must go, even if you die, that is why you go.”
	+ “Mrsha is my big sister. She said that and I have no idea what it means, but it means something. I am the younger brother! Although she is sillier than even me. I *must* go.”
* (To Palt) “Be shush, silly horse-man. Do you think we don’t know that?”
* (To Xeu) “This is Fierre, Xeu. She is Ryoka’s friend. I have no more information about her.”
* To Mrsha Rescue Party:
	+ “You silly people. Did you think I did not have Skills? I learned chess from Erin. I beat Erin. I am *Bird the Hunter.* As Ksmvr would say—”
	+ “…I have no idea. I do not like Ksmvr. Here is what I will say: *I am better than all of you.* Follow my orders! Authority!*”*
* (To Niers) “*I am Bird. I stare at small things and you are very small. What are you?*”
* (To Octavia) “…Oh. In that case, your adventure is approved. Do we get anything out of it? Will we have to kill a Dragon? I’m told it is difficult.”
* (To Pivr) “…Then I will authorize it when I find out, and authorize it *now* but in the past so my authority was always there.”
* (To Niers) “I do not know if I should tell you. You are a dangerous person. Maybe we have powers. Who knows? I am a [Liar]. Even I do not trust me.”
* (Thoughts) *And thus, the lie is doubly a lie because I told the truth and then lied.*
* (To Numbtongue) “Play your guitar, that is. A [Bard] has songs. Sing songs. Make us happy or fast or something. You damn idiot.”
* (To Octavia) “I have all the points, thank you, Miss Octavia.”
* (To Ulvama) “You have [Shaman] powers but you do not use them. Fix it. Now. You damn idiot.”
* (To Niers and Horse) *“I am better than a horse. I knew it.* Do you hear that? It is because you do not eat birds!*”*
* (To Niers) “What? No. I will not do that. That is insane. I am supposed to be the silly one. Not you. Let us return to those old roles. I liked that.”
* (To Niers) “Whether you have taste or not, you are certainly old.”
* (To Niers) “I do not see why you wanted to meet Erin. I do not think she would like you.”
* (To Grass Shell) “You. You have the power of grass and dirt on your side. Therefore, you are most worthy. You are a [Shaman].”
* To Niers:
	+ “I do not know if she will hate you or like you. You are everything she wants and does not want. You confusing person.”
	+ “Yes, but I said so. Therefore I am still in charge. So what are we doing? I will tell you if you can do this. Which is probably yes because you are smart, but I am in charge.”
* To Venaz:
	+ “I am Bird, hello. You are Sir Cow. I am told this by the Dwarf to call you this. No, wait. I have gotten it wrong. It is Sea Cow or *Sir Bull.* I am sorry.”
	+ “I could play chess. It is a silly game, but I will play with you. I have beaten your teacher so I am the best chess player in the world. I have also beaten Erin.”

### Volume 9

* (To himself) “Erin is back. Yay, yay. I wonder what will explode first?”
* (To everyone) “See? She is as silly as she was before. Erin is better now. This is very good. I am happy. And I am Bird, and I know silly.”
* (To Pisces) “You…were in my tower? Enjoying *my* view? Do people go into my tower when I am not there?”
* (To Erin) “Erin! Erin, I have lost it! I was looking at it, and I did not want to make it disappear, but I did! I have the ability to make things *vanish!* This is not a lie, I promise!”
* (To Sephraic) “*I will level up and hunt you down!*”
* (To Erin) “The world of bird-hunting is very deep, Erin. I did not know this, but first I had to learn to hunt big Wyvern-birds, next, I learn some can snap your bowstrings. Others flash, and some have ‘owners’ who try to stop you. Do not worry, I will rise to the challenge.”
* (To Nanette) “Very good. Very good. I, Bird, accept your tribute. As I am an emperor of my tower.”
* (To Chaldion) “Is something happening? Hello, old person. I used to know your name, but I do not like you, so I forgot it on purpose.”
* (To Nanette) “I am Bird, Nanette. You don’t know who you face. I’m unpredictable. Even I don’t know what I might do. I have the power of *Queens* on my side. And lying. At any moment, I might do something genius or stupid. Or both.”
* (To himself) “…But I must fly before I sleep. And lie to the sky I’ve grown wings. These are the decisions I make. Very adult-like things.”