Quotes

A running log of standout quotes across all sessions. See each session page’s Standout Quotes section for context.

Session 0

“I want to be a lizard man from underground. A lizard man. That’s my character.” — Killjoy Keegan (Muktar)

“It’s like this: a layer cake where every layer has its own roads.” — Duskit (Bullfrog)

“Soilent green is people.” / “It is people.” — SiliKen and Killjoy Keegan

“You’re not Van Life. I’ll find the rest of them… and escape, because I’m a much better driver than he is.” — regular human faits (Neon Drift)

“What makes it a sniper rifle is the person who holds it.” — SiliKen

Session 1

“She’s on the grid, she’s being tracked, baby. All those Palantir cameras or Flock cameras, they’re keeping an eye on her.” — Duskit (Bullfrog)

“Sometimes fate gives you a door, and she was strong enough to walk through it.” — Killjoy Keegan (Muktar), on Mara Sato

“Many people are stuck in their jobs, their lives. They’re born into a system that they cannot leave. But Mara Sato, she left. She took fate into her own hands… I would not consider it stealing.” — Killjoy Keegan (Muktar)

“I fucking switchback. A whole group of us got stuck there for six months one time. Refueling on the road. We just couldn’t get out. It’s a nightmare in that place.” — regular human faits (Neon Drift)

“I do not believe that we should kill Bullfrog. I do not think it’s fair to kill Bullfrog for failing this one thing. I will defend you, Mr. Bullfrog.” — Killjoy Keegan (Muktar)

“That’s the name of my van. I kinda am my van, so I just go with it, right?” — regular human faits (Neon Drift), on why people call him Van Buren

Session 2

“Some people, to illustrate bonds, slice their hands open and do a blood handshake. In Knight City it’s a bacon handshake. That’s what really bonds people together.” — SiliKen

“It takes much strength to stop living in a van down by the river.” — Killjoy Keegan (Muktar), to Slim Jimmy

“Why does my mom want me? Because she’s a fucking psychopath, that’s why.” — SiliKen, as Mara Sato

“Do you know who I am? I am the Bullfrog. Getting you out is petty work for someone like me.” / “I’m sorry — no, I don’t know who you are.” — Duskit (Bullfrog) and SiliKen (Mara Sato)

“I pledge my Rontai, my gladiatorial weapon, to your freedom. I will ensure that you will not be fooled into fate again.” — Killjoy Keegan (Muktar), to Mara Sato

“If she knows about the file, then you do not have a way out.” / “You’re probably right. But it is incumbent upon me to try.” — Killjoy Keegan (Muktar) and SiliKen (Mara Sato)

“In the Under Sector, wealth is measured in warmth.” — Killjoy Keegan (Muktar)

“Everyone has a choice to choose their own fate every day.” — Killjoy Keegan (Muktar)

“Mr. Muktar? You’re very hard to scrub out of the video.” / “I am famous.” — Duskit (Bullfrog) and Killjoy Keegan (Muktar)

“It is not commonly known within the company that she is my daughter, and I prefer to keep it that way. You’ll forgive me if I don’t know how loudly your tongues wag.” — SiliKen, as Iona Glass

“As a fellow parent, I just gotta leave you with some advice — sometimes you gotta let your kids breathe.” — regular human faits (Neon Drift), to Iona Glass

“You’re a mercenary in a cyberpunk universe. Make messes, clean them up. That’s what you do.” — SiliKen