VENI VIDI VICI

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YOU CAN BREAK OUR BONES, YOU CAN TAKE OUR VOICES, YOU CAN EVEN SELL OUR THOUGHTS BUT HEAR ME NOW WHEN I SAY TO YOU THAT THE ONE THING YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO TAKE FROM US IS WHO WE ARE.

YOU SEE, CAPTAIN, I HAVE BEEN TO HELL AND BACK.
I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO CRY AND WEEP AND SCREAM AT THE EDGE OF A CLIFF UNITL ALL YOU CAN TASTE IS THE BLOOD IN YOUR MOUTH FROM YOUR BREAKING SPIRIT AND YOUR LEGS COLLAPSE BENEATH YOU SO YOUR BODY HITS THE GROUND. WHEN YOU ARE SO SPENT AND NUMB AND SHAKING ALL YOU CAN FEEL, ALL YOU CAN THINK, ALL YOU KNOW IS PAIN. I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LOOK AT YOUR HANDS TREMBLING IN CHAINS INFRONT OF YOU AND ONLY SEE DARKNESS AS SOMEONE ELSE'S GUN CLICKS AGAINST YOUR HEAD. I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO SUFFER; WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE WATCHED THOSE I LOVE PERISH, WHAT IT'S LIKE LOST. SO YES, MAYBE WE ARE YOUNG AND FOOLISH, BUT I SWEAR TO YOU THE HATRED IN OUR BONES IS OLD ENOUGH TO START A WAR.

YOU SEE, YOU AND I - WE'RE DIFFERENT. WHAT YOU'VE STOLEN WITH CASH, I'VE PAID FOR WITH BLOOD. WHAT YOU'VE KILLED FOR TO HAVE, I'VE SLAVED FOR TO GET. AND WHAT YOU'VE TRIED SO DESPERATELY TO DESTROY, I HAVE BUILT RIGHT BACK UP, BRICK BY DAMNED BRICK.

SO NO, I DO NOT FEAR YOU, CAPTAIN, AND DEATH IS AN OLD FRIEND. BRING YOUR WORST, I DARE YOU. BREAK MY BONES. CUT OPEN MY SKIN. TORTURE ME THEN KILL ME. BUT LIKE A CAPTAIN GOES DOWN WITH HIS SHIP, AND A QUEEN GOES DOWN WITH HER COUNTRY, I'M GOING DOWN WITH MY BROTHERS.

THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN NOW DO THAT CAN KILL THE LEGACY WE LEAVE BEHIND.