Sindri
[looking up at warship in orbit]
What do you think they want?
Kora
[distraught whisper]
Everything.
Most-quoted character in Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire (2023): in 4 of its 9 quotes
A line from KoraAt the academy militarium they encouraged us to find a lover. Someone we would defend with our lives when the politics of expansion became too abstract and the way of the conquest was lost in the sheer savagery of combat.
Scenes with Kora
3 scenes
Hagen
Den is a good man.
Kora
You should be asleep.
Hagen
He's the best hunter among us, and a loyal friend. [No response] Have you thought about a more permanent... relationship? [Still no answer as she takes off her boots] I know that he's amenable to the idea. He's asked me himself.
Kora
[Slight nod]
It's easy between us. Does it have to be more than that?
Hagen
[sits upright on bed]
It's just, uh... that would be a last step to becoming a full member of this community. I'm telling you, this is home now.
Kora
I want that to be true. [Starts drawing curtains to have privacy, then hesitates] You know, the two seasons I've spent here have given me happiness... [shakes her head] that I don't deserve. I understand I am a child of war. To truly love and... [Shrugs] be loved, I... don't know if I'm capable of either. [Teary-eyed] The very idea of love, of... family was beaten out of me. I was told that love is weakness. And I... [shakes her head] I don't know how that will ever change. [Father gives concerned look] You should get some rest. [Draws curtains]
Hagen
Yeah. [Settles in to rest, obviously worried about his daughter]
Gunnar
Oh, ah, Den was asking where you were. He and his brother got the big snark - male - he wanted you to see it before he dressed it.
Kora
Why was he asking for me?
Gunnar
Well, you know... [Kora makes petulant gesture] Because he's... I just... I just thought... [voice trails off] I just thought...
Kora
You thought! [He raises his hands in surrender, smiles]
