Teige, fronting after an argument with Akira, curled up in bed and leaning against Aries, confused and clearly upset: "They looked so angry... Why does everyone always look at me that way?"

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The rest of T8P polycule, to Nico: "You were a wonderful experience."

T8P Nico, breaking down: "You were... everything..."

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Akira, grabbing Garvin's wrist to keep him from going back into a bar: "That fucker put somethin' in your drink!"

Garvin, pushing Akira away, clearly angry: "You don't think I can tell if someone spikes my drink?! I do this all the fuckin' time!"

Akira, shaking their head: "You just let people drug you all the time?!"

Garvin, frustrated: "You think I ask for it?! I don't ask for any of this shit! I didn't ask to be this way!"

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Bri, after coming back and hearing Akira attempt to apologize, losing it: "All that's easy for you to say! When you change, you change for the better! When I change, I change for the worse! I used be just not good enough, not good enough for you! But now, now, I'm not good at ALL!"

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Romilly, looking at Akira in shock and disappointment after learning about their gender: "What happened to you? What happened? Because this isn't you!"

Akira, standing, tears in their eyes and anger in their voice: "What would you know about me?!"

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Nico, breaking down when they finally start talking to the polycule again, literally falling to his knees in front of them and begging for answers: "I did everything right and you still didn't show up! Why didn't you show up, why weren't you there?! Why weren't you there, why weren't you there?! Where were you, where were you?! Where were you?!?! ... I needed you..."

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Bri, looking in the mirror and immediately panicking after realizing they look different than they remember, turning to Aries in desperation: "Is this my face? Is this what I look like?!"

Aries, standing, confused but trying to figure out how to comfort Bri: "What are you talking about?"

Bri, grabbing Aries' shirt in panic: "It doesn't look like me! I don't look like me, what's wrong with me?!"

Aries, trying his best to comfort Bri: "What are you talking about, this is you! That's you're face, what's wrong?"

Bri, shaking their head desperately: "I don't see me! I don't see me... who is that...?"

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T8P Nico, at the start of the relationship: "Wanna know how much I love you? I love you to the moon and back!"

T8P Nico, to the polycule, shortly before the Kidnapping Arc: "I'm crazy about you!"

T8P Nico, shortly after getting back, when Garvin was still talking to him but not the others: "I'm lost without you..."

T8P Nico, after Garvin stopped talking to them: "I've been lost a long time..."

T8P Nico, after Briar gets back, immediatly clinging to them: "Please, take me with you this time!"

T8P Nico, after the final war, hesitant about getting back with the polycule: "You won't leave me, will you?!"

Briar, ranting to Nico: "I have a massive fear that nobody actually likes me, rather everyone is just... politely tolerating me, hoping I leave them alone. Like, if you ignore me once, just one time, I will automatically assume that I annoy you..."

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T8P Nico, ranting to Bernard about the polycule after the Kidnapping Arc, angry and struggling: "And it would be better if we litterally never met!"

T8P Nico, at the start of T8P, smiling and tugging on Revan's sleeve: "Come sit with us, we'll all stick together now!"

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*TW for implied SA and torture*

Ubel, looking down at Nico with their mouth sewn shut, grinning with blood on his hands: "Oh no~ You can't speak anymore? You know what that means! There really is nothing special about you! You're just some kid with a nice body~"

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T8P Nico, coping with the fact that it physically hurts to smile anymore: "Making other people happy is my art! It's... all I exist to do, all I'm... good at, and, uh... what's happening now could imply that I'm failing at... the only thing I'm good at... And that- That'd be..."

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(And, a slightly lighter one to end things off, lol)

Teige, fronting after a loud noise triggered him, looking up at Stellan after he calmed him down, laughing a little: "You're not what I thought you'd be like!"

Stellan, tilting his head and smiling a little: "Mean and scary?"

Teige, smiling slightly, almost whispering: "Yeah..."

Stellan, chuckling and ruffling Teige's hair: "Yeah, well, I actually kinda thought you'd be mean and scary too!"

Teige, eyes widening in disbelief: "Me?!"

Stellan, nodding and faking seriousness: "Terrifying."