Категория: Сила

The hardest choices require the strongest wills.

Titan was like most planets. Too many mouths, not enough to go around. And when we faced extinction, I offered a solution.

Genocide.

At random. Dispassionate, fair to rich and poor alike. They called me a mad man. And what I predicted came to pass.

Congratulations, you're a prophet.

I'm a survivor.

Who wants to murder trillions!

With all the six stones, I could simply snap my fingers, and they would all cease to exist. I call that... mercy.

And then what?

I finally rest, and watch the sunrise on an grateful universe. The hardest choices require the strongest wills.

I think you'll find our will equal to yours.

Our?

Your powers are inconsequential compared to mine.

Yeah, but the kid's seen more movies.

You understand, boy, you're about to take the full force of a star. It'll kill you.

Only if I die.

Yes. That's what... killing you means.

Beneath your mask of logic, I sense a fragility. That worries me. Steel your mind, Holmes.

And I went to a place called Kamar-Taj and I... talked to someone called 'The Ancient One.' And I...

Oh. So you joined a cult.

No, I didn't. No, not exactly. No. I mean... They did teach me to tap into powers that I never even knew existed.

Yeah. That sounds like a cult.

It's not a cult.

Well, that's what a cultist would say.

That doesn't look like the Jericho missile.

That's because it is a miniaturized arc reactor. I got a big one powering my factory at home. It should keep the shrapnel out of my heart.

But what could it generate?

If my math is right, and it always is, three gigajoules per second.

That could run your heart for fifty lifetimes!

Yeah. Or something big for fifteen minutes.

Balin, if Thorin had the Arkenstone or if it was found, would it help?

That stone crowns all. It is the summit of this great wealth bestowing power upon he who bears it. Would it stay his madness? No, laddie. I fear it would make him worse. Perhaps it is best it remains lost.

Don't underestimate the evil of gold.

It is not our fight.

It is our fight. It will not end here. With every victory this evil will grow. If your father has his way, we will do nothing. We will hide within our walls, live our lives away from the light and let darkness descend. Are we not part of this world? Tell me, Mellon, when did we let evil become stronger than us?

There is something at work beyond the evil of Smaug. Something far more powerful. We can remain blind to it, but it will not be ignoring us, that I can promise you.

Mithrandir? Why the Halfling?

I don't know. Saruman believes that it is only great power that can hold evil in check. But that is not what I have found. I've found it is the small things, everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keeps the darkness at bay. Simple acts of kindness and love. Why Bilbo Baggins? Perhaps it is because I am afraid, and he gives me courage.

Your fingers would remember their old strength better... if they grasped your sword.

No parent should have to bury their child.

There's no strength left in the world of Men.