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We're made up of thousands of parts with thousands of functions all working in tandem to keep us alive. Yet if only one part of our imperfect machine fails, life fails. It makes one realize how fragile, how flawed we are.
— The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim • 2011
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
A shy apprentice reveals a dark scientific streak: she studies poison the way other people study music. It is a small moment of characterisation hidden in a dialogue option, and it shows the Black-Briar daughter wants out of the family's scheming and into something more sinister. Fans quote it for the gentle, matter-of-fact way she says the grim part.
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In context
Spoilers for The Elder Scrolls V: SkyrimShow the scene
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011). Ingun Black-Briar is the daughter of Riften's powerful Maven Black-Briar and an aspiring alchemist who trains at Elgrim's Elixirs. If the player asks her why she is so fascinated by alchemy, she answers that she loves watching what her potions do to the body, and she says the wonder is how many parts must work together to keep a person alive. She closes on the irony that the same world that gave us life also provides the means to die. Elsewhere she says she wishes to ply her talents in darker circles, if her mother would only let her.
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- UESP: Skyrim:Ingun Black-BriarDialogue, answer to 'Why are you so fascinated by alchemy?'Reference checked
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