Zed Martin quotes from Constantine

Zed

What is that? Loneliness. Pain. Desperation. These things motivate you. What kind of person is motivated by these things? So much guilt, John Constantine.

Zed

You kneel here, night after night, hoping against hope that Heaven hears your words. Well, guess what, John has Heaven on speed dial. Someone up there thinks he's worth a damn, and now he's dying because of you.

Zed Martin

It's you. You're you.

John

That observation always ends in the same way and it's never in my favor.

Zed

The honeymoon suite?

John

I always get the honeymoon suite. There's lots of extra space. There's a good energy to it.

John

The truth is, I work best alone.

Zed

Me, too.

John

I always put myself first.

Zed

That's the only way I've survived.

John

Everyone who puts their trust in me dies.

Zed

Okay, you got me.

Chas Chandler

You Zed? John said you might show up. Kind of hoped you wouldn't.

Zed

I gather that, seeing how he didn't actually give me an address.

Chas

How'd you find us?

Zed

[shows her drawing] Not a lot of mill houses in Atlanta.

Chas

John did say you are persistent.

Zed

Just one thing I never understood is why he even wants our souls.

John

The Devil used to be an angel. That's why he's called "The First of the Fallen". You ask a holy type and they'll tell you the soul is the purest expression of God's love, the spark of creation. Every time the First takes a soul, he's exacting revenge, paying back the Almighty for casting him out.

Zed

What are you doing?

John

I'm breaking into the mansion.

Zed

Isn't that illegal?

John

Almost everything I do is, love. C'mon!

John

Figured we'd work on your training today.

Zed

So, how am I doing?

John

You're showing flashes of precognition, retrocognition, clairtangence. You're a real bitsa.

Zed

Come again?

John

Uh, a bitsa, you know? You've got a bit of everything in you.

Zed

You know, I don't see a lot of people lining up to lend you a hand. Maybe you should accept his help. People can change, you know.

John

Bullocks. We are who we are. Eventually.

Zed

Earlier today, Gary and I, we touched, and I experienced a psychic transference.

John

You, uh... touched?

Zed

No. No, no, not like that. I mean, we only touched for, like a second. But the connection... it wasn't like I was just in his head, 'cause it was deeper than that. I felt his pain, and his guilt, and his addiction. And after...

John

His withdrawal symptoms. You got all the lows and none of the highs. Rough deal, I'd say. It's probably best if you two kids keep your hands to yourself, for now, alright? I'm off to see a man about a dog. Or rather, a shaman about a bloody demon.

Zed

He just... he just wants to help. He's so racked with guilt that he's going after the demon himself.

John

Told you that, did he?

Zed

Yes, he did. And he meant it, 'cause I felt it.

John

That's not what's happening, trust me.

Zed

Why do you always want to see the worst in people?

John

I see the truth. Gary's hopelessly addicted to heroin. And let me give you a little tip about addicts: between thought and action comes temptation. Always.

John

Didn't take you for a religious one.

Zed

I don't know what I am... but I like to believe there's a guiding hand in it all.

John

Guiding... judging... damning. He's a jack-of-all-trades, really. I mean, I'm not critiquing, really, but I'm pretty sure he's not very keen on me.

Zed

How can you be so cynical?

John

Oh, wouldn't it be lovely if I wasn't? Could've been a better man if I hadn't seen it all. Yes, angels exist. Sound the bloody trumpets. As for religion, yeah, all right, be nice to your neighbor and all that, but... the world isn't all puppy dogs and rainbows. You can't just pray evil away. Still have to fight, hard, on our own.

John

What do you need them to tell you?

Zed

Where my powers come from, for starters. I mean, do they come from God or somewhere else?

John

Doesn't matter where they came from. What matters is what you do with them and what it costs you.