“Why…” “Why must I keep doing this?...” “Why do I have to bend to every whim of you people?...” “No matter what I do, no matter how many hours I spend…” “It’s never enough…” “I’m always expected to do more… to BE more…” “I can’t satisfy everyone.” “Not everybody can be in the Shatterverse” “It’s a world of anarchy, it’s a world of PAIN…” “Not everyone can live there.” “And no matter how much I try and tell you that…” “You don’t care.” “Nobody cares.” “I spent MONTHS figuring out how to get all of you into the Shatterverse…” “I spent MONTHS trying to make this world perfect for everybody…” “And then SHE discounts everything I’ve done…” “And expects me to just THROW people into the Shatterverse all willy-nilly!” “The AUDACITY!...” “I’ve put YEARS of my life into making this world PERFECT…” “But it’s not.” “And I can’t change that.” “I want to be able to make this world perfect for everybody…” “But I just CAN’T.” “I can’t add random people I don’t even know…” “I can’t keep rewriting time to make people happy…” “And I can’t keep having to do this…” “The Shatterverse was never meant to be perfect.” “It was built upon evil and genocide…” “Hell, most of the population is DEAD…” “Nobody cares about what the Shatterverse stands for.” “Nobody cares that this is a universe meant for the strong, the smart, and the evil…” “And nobody cares that I can’t just change it because they told me to.” “I’m never getting those years of my life back.” “I’m never getting HER back…” “...” “This isn’t your world, Sammy.” “This isn’t a world of peace.” “People die. Legacies are wiped out of existence.” “And I can’t just change that.” “I love you, but this isn’t your choice to make…” “I can’t wipe out everything I’ve spent my life building just to cater to you.” “And I’m sorry that you don’t understand that.” “...” “But…” “It’s over.” “I can’t keep doing this.” “If I can’t make them happy, if I can’t make HER happy…” “Then I have no choice…” “...” “I… I-I…” “I need to fix this.” “I need to bring them back.” “Bertram, Grover2, all of them…” “I need to stop this.” “I need to stop HIM.” “And if I lose her because of it, then that’s a risk I’m going to have to take…” “This ends. Now.”