| 8-Bit Theater | |
| Episode 617 | |
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| Thinking Ahead | |
| Date Published | Thursday, October 27, 2005 |
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Damn, the Pride ordeal definitely kept in character...
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| Black Mage | Some people wrestle with their personal demons. I stabbed mine in the back of the head. He was a bleeder. |
| Black Mage | The thing is, I think it was what alcoholics call an epiphany. |
| Black Mage | Except I'm more a murderholic. So, y'know, the face-stabbing. |
| Black Mage | But, let's face it. This is a fantasy setting. Internal conflicts always have external metaphors. |
| Black Mage | And this dragon was my own philosophy. I rejected everything it was. Everything I was. |
| Black Mage | It's left me... calm. |
| Black Mage | It's like I'm a clean slate. I'm free to start over again. |
| Black Mage | (expels evil energy) Thank the numberless lords of Chaos I had the sense to set this up ahead of time. |
| Red Mage | You want humility? I'll show you humility on a scale you can scarcely comprehend. |
| Changes his character sheet to have Red Mage Humble +2000 | |
| Red Mage | Let this sheet bellow unto the heavens themselves that Red Mage is the most humble man to walk upon Earth! EVER! |
| Pride | Literal adherence to a law means little without respect for the spirit of that law. |