A scene from The NeverEnding Story 1984
G'mork

If you come any closer, I will rip you to shreds.

Atreyu

Who are you?

G'mork

I am G'mork. And you, whoever you are, can have the honor of being my last victim.

Atreyu

I will not die easily. I am a warrior.

G'mork

Ha! Brave warrior. Then fight the Nothing.

Atreyu

But I can't! I can't get beyond the boundaries of Fantasia! [G'mork laughs mockingly] What's so funny about that?

G'mork

Fantasia has no boundaries. [The ruins start to shake. Some rocks fall]

Atreyu

That's not true. You're lying!

G'mork

Foolish boy. Don't you know anything about Fantasia? It's the world of human fantasy. Every part, every creature of it, is a piece of the dreams and hopes of mankind. Therefore, it has no boundaries. [A crash. More rocks fall]

Atreyu

But why is Fantasia dying, then?

G'mork

Because people have begun to lose their hopes and forget their dreams. So the Nothing grows stronger.

Atreyu

What is the Nothing?

G'mork

It's the emptiness that's left. It is like a despair, destroying this world. And I have been trying to help it.

Atreyu

But why?!

G'mork

Because people who have no hopes are easy to control. And whoever has the control has the Power. [A large crash shakes the ground. Atreyu briefly loses his balance, but regains it and turns towards G'mork with a cold look]

Atreyu

Who are you really?

G'mork

I am the servant of the Power behind the Nothing. I was sent to kill the only one who could have stopped the Nothing. I lost him in the Swamps of Sadness. His name was Atreyu. [The ground shakes again and Atreyu falls. He grabs a sharp piece of stone and stands up]

Atreyu

If we're about to die anyway, I'd rather die fighting! Come for me, G'mork - I AM ATREYU!

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