The Hierarchy of Human Value
Balem Abrasax:
My mother made me understand that every human society is a pyramid and that some lives will always matter more than others. It is better to accept this than to pretend it isn't true.
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Family Legacy and Inheritance Dynamics
Balem Abrasax:
The House of Abrasax continues to thrive, despite the squandering of your inheritance, brother.
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A Threat to Planet Ownership
Balem Abrasax:
Understand this, Mr. Night. I will harvest that planet tomorrow... before I let her take it from me.
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The Nature of Life and Consumption
Balem Abrasax:
I CREATE LIFE! And I destroy it. Life in an act of consumption, Jupiter. To live is to consume. Now, the human beings on your planet are merely a resource waiting to be converted into capital. And this entire enterprise is just a small part in a vast and beautiful machine defined by evolution, designed to a single purpose... To create profit.
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Feeling Over-Dressed and Seeking Comfort
Jupiter Jones:
Actually, you know what, I'm feeling a little over-dressed, so if you have something I can change into. By myself. While I'm awake.
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Alien Identity and the Fallacy of Astrology
Jupiter Jones:
Technically speaking, I'm an alien, and from the perspective of Immigration, an illegal one. My parents met at the University in Saint Petersburg, where he taught Astrophysics and she taught Applied Mathematics. My mother fell in love with him when she found him almost frozen to death on the bank of the Neva, staring at the stars. The problem with astrology? Total bullshit.
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