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"NIETZCHE once said, 'man is as a rope, stretched between the animal and the superhuman. a rope over an abyss. it is a dangerous crossing, a dangerous looking-back, a dangerous trembling and halting."
as soon as the whistle blows from vanya, the children of the umbrella academy power themselves up the stairs, trying their hardest to push in front of each other.
"as much as you must strive for individual greatness, and strive you must, for it won't come to you of its own accord..."
a stealthily formed vine of ivy shoots from rose's hand and it wraps around the bannister four flights above her other siblings and quickly pulls herself up.
"you must also remember that there is no individual stronger than the collective"
she watches over the others running up the stairs, unaware of her whereabouts until five teleports right in front of her, "you're going down eight" he says jokingly "we'll see about that" she replies, "that's not fair, five and rose are cheating!" diego yells "they adapted" his father yells back. rose catches up to five and blows an assortment of pollens which she summoned in her hand toward his direction. soon he began to sneeze, which caused him to slow down, making her in the lead. "rosie!" he shouts catching rose's attention, moving to the side trying to get the cloud of pollen out of his face "sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry" she repeats, running down the stairs to him, trying to clear the pollen out of the air by fanning it out of his face. she grabs five's hand and drags him up the stairs.
"the ties that bind you together, make you stronger than you are alone"
rose sits next to five and ben who were watching diego get his tattoo, seeing him in so much pain, squirming around in the chair as allison and klaus were behind him, wiping wet tears away. "well shit." rose says to five, who was looking particularly apprehensive "hey, it's ok" i say turning to him, "remember i'm a freak, i can make it better" he gives me a smile as she turns towards ben and luther "hey, come to the bathroom after, i'll make the pain go away, ok?" they both nod their heads, turning back to watch diego, klaus and allison. "eight you will do no such thing, a little pain is nothing compared to that you will face in the world" her father exclaims sternly turning in her direction "ok father" she replies, cowering under his watch.
"they will make you impervious to the pain and hardship the world will thrust upon you. and believe me when i tell you, life will be hard. it will be painful."
"goodnight fivie" rose says, poking my head into his room which was directly opposite her own, "goodnight rosie" he replies back "are you sure your tattoo feels ok now?" she asks "for the hundredth time, yes, thank you rosie, goodnight" she blows him a kiss and heads back to her lonely room falling asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.
"we can accomplish anything when we accept responsibility together. this is what creates trust. together you will stand against the reign of evil."
