Woah.

I'd better make this look good.

Brand's gonna beat me up, isn't he?  

Shit.

How come I could walk the Pattern and Aunt Sand couldn't?

Because I'm the one with the great destiny.  Duh. 

But I have to slice open my wrists first.

Ow.  

Yeah, but it's for the good of the universe.

Yeah, that's it.

Wait!!

What am I doing?  I'm just a little kid.  Everyone else has been alive 10 
or 20 times as long as me.  That makes me small.  An ignoramus.  Useless.

Whimper.