Lorna Dane quotes from The Gifted

Hey muti, muti, muti.

Lorna Dane

You have a problem?

We'll see. Mutis in here, they work for me. From now on, you're gonna do what you're told.

Lorna

Uh, and... what if I decline this exciting opportunity?

Oh believe me, you don't want to do that. You see, out there you got powers. But in here, I got powers.

Lorna

Well I bet you're pretty glad you met me in here.

Reed

I know I'm probably not someone you want to talk to.

Lorna

You're right about that.

Reed

I always told myself that anyone who was facing me in my courtroom was guilty. Told myself that I was the prosecutor, and that the law was clear, and if you'd broken it it was on you. Told myself that I was doing my job. And then I found out that my kids are mutants. They didn't mean to hurt anyone, they didn't mean to do anything. They were just defending themselves. But they broke the law, and with mandatory minimums they'll get at least ten years, maybe more. And a few days ago I would be the one making that argument. Before all of this I didn't understand, but I do now, and I'm sorry.

Lorna

Congratulations. On figuring out you're one of the bad guys. So what? If you would've thought about it awhile longer you wouldn't of destroyed so many lives? Huh? You want forgiveness? Ask the little boy who I strapped into a bus while he screamed, begging to join his mommy in prison, where you sent her. You know what? Ask the hundreds of families whose lives you and your friends ruined. Don't ask me.

Marcos

I heard from the prosecutor... I heard...

Lorna

About the baby.

Marcos

I know you've been through a lot. I just want to know, is it alright?

Lorna

Yeah, I think. I can feel it, almost the way I can feel my auroral electricities in there, inside me. My baby. Our baby. I haven't even said those words aloud until just now.

Marcos

Are you happy?

Lorna

Look, when I was gone, I thought a lot about the world I was bringing a baby like ours into.

Marcos

[takes Lorna's hand] You know what I thought about when you were gone? How I couldn't wait to meet this kid. How I couldn't wait to be a father.

Lorna

[as she holds Marcos' hand the auroras manifest] Marcos.

Marcos

We're gonna have a weird kid.

Lorna

If it's a girl we should call her Aurora.

Marcos

Babe, I'm sorry I'm late.

Lorna

How's Marietta?

Marcos

It's fine. They just had some delays, so I had to wait a bit, but I got what they could give us. I ran down an old contact, explained our situation, and he managed to give us some cash. Should be enough to keep the lights on a few weeks.

Lorna

An old contact?

Marcos

Yeah, in support of the cause, you know?

Lorna

Yeah, I know. [breaks off Marcos' lucky amulet] So how's Carmen doing?

Marcos

Okay, babe, you don't understand.

Lorna

I saw you with her. I think I understand perfectly.

Marcos

No, you don't. When you were in jail, the only way I could get you was to go to Carmen, for information. But I had to agree to work for her.

Lorna

And you weren't gonna mention this to me? It just never came up?

Marcos

I did this for you! And for our baby! The only reason I kept it from you was because... I just... I didn't know how to tell you, Lorna. I didn't know.

Lorna

Well, now you've told me. [throws amulet on the floor and walks off]

Lorna

Is this a joke?

Marcos

What?

Lorna

Weren't you the inquisitor for your cartel friends, but it's okay when you do it for Carmen, but it's not okay for us?

Marcos

Look, it's hard to explain.

Lorna

It seems like a lot of things are hard for you to explain these days.

Marcos

Listen, we need to talk about the other night.

Lorna

It was a nightmare, it's nothing.

Marcos

Nothing? It's not nothing. I think all the furniture in our room would disagree. Look, if you're worried about the baby–

Lorna

If? Of course I'm worried about the baby.

Marcos

Why?

Lorna

I'm not sure this place is gonna make it.

Marcos

No matter what, I will protect you, and that kid. It's a promise.

Lorna

I don't know if that's a promise you can keep.

Turner

[at Weeks' funeral] Edward Weeks was a good man. He was a good agent and he was my friend. He lived a life of service and he gave the ultimate sacrifice.

Lorna

[at Dreamer's funeral] Everything Dreamer did, she did it for everyone here. She could've disguised herself as a human forever, but she chose to live here with us, her true family.

Turner

I grew up in my grandad's church. There's a story that I learned there that I think is relevant today. In the beginning the God loved one angel above all of the others. To him he gave special gifts, he made that angel beautiful and powerful. But one day that angel decided that he wanted to rule over heaven. That angel disobeyed God and for that he was cast down out of heaven. That angel was Lucifer. We have, living among us, some who have been given special gifts. Some who, like Lucifer, have followed their pride into darkness. They ask for understanding, they ask for tolerance. But I am done tolerating evil.

Marcos

It's days like today that remind us that we're up against people that don't think of us as human. And they will point to our differences, but the simple fact is this: we love like they do, we die like they do, we grieve like they do. We share that today. And Sonya will not be forgotten, and I promise, we will find justice for her.

Turner

I promise you, we will find the mutants responsible for this and bring them to justice. And we will never ever forget our friend.

John

We need to decide what to do.

Marcos

As far as I'm concerned, the psychics are a non-starter.

Lorna

Because their tactics make you uncomfortable?

Marcos

Uncomfortable? They murdered a dozen people without even blinking! We don't know the first thing about them!

Clarice

We do know one thing about them. They saved our asses.

Marcos

They saved themselves, and pulled us right into an all-out war with Sentinel Services.

John

Congress could declare martial law.

Clarice

So? They didn't need martial law when they killed my foster parents.

Lorna

Exactly. Why should we fight with one hand tied behind our backs? We need all the allies we can get! Do you want to cling to your ideals or do you want to survive?

Marcos

We can't just chuck our principles because it's convenient! You know, the X-Men chose us for a reason, and it's not because we can kill. If we wanted to kill people, we would've done it a thousand times already, but we didn't! We have to be better than that. Now, we need to take out the Hound program, and we will, Lorna, but we have to do it our way.

Lorna

I don't see a move here. The Hounds are already out there. They're kicking our asses.

It's a secret program. We can kill it, but it has to happen soon. Our sources tell us Dr. Campbell is working his political connections to take it national.

John

What do you mean?

He's attending the Humanity Today Summit in Charlotte, tomorrow.

Clarice

"Humanity Today?" Is that seriously what they call it?

I guess they thought it sounded better than "Kill the Muties."

Lorna

Before we head out, I want to talk to you.

Marcos

Yeah, what is it?

Lorna

It's about the Frosts.

Marcos

What about them?

Lorna

Look, we're working with them, like it or not.

Marcos

Yeah, I'm in the "not" camp.

Lorna

I'm not asking you to change your mind about them, but we have a job to do.

Marcos

What do you expect me to do, Lorna? Pretend like we're one big happy family?

Lorna

No, of course not. Come on, we're the family. That's the point. There's no way they can come between us. Look, don't this for them, do this for me.

Marcos

Okay.

Clarice

Something piss you off? Was it the Frosts? [off Lorna's look] Yeah, they tried working on me too. Their whole "we're not so different" thing.

Lorna

Yeah, well... they might have a point with that.

Clarice

What are you talking about?

Lorna

They uh... They talked about the guy they think is my birth father. Said he was a part of all of this.

Clarice

So what if he is? Lorna, I know about this. You don't get born looking like me without having major X-genes in your family tree. You know, for a while I thought that mattered. I thought that all the bad guys in my family's past made me one too. Took me too long to realize that a tiny speck of DNA, it doesn't take charge of who you are. I really hope you realize that sooner than I did.

Lorna

I thought if we had a child, that it would have it easier than we did, that we would build a better world where are our kid wouldn't have to hide.

Marcos

We are building a better world. It's just taking some time. We have to have faith.

Lorna

I always love that about you, that you have faith.

Marcos

Please, just listen to me! Now, we will figure this out. I don't care about the X-men! I don't care about the Brotherhood! I care about my family.

Lorna

That's what I care about too, but I'm tired of hiding. We have to take a stand.

Marcos

Not like this. This changes everything. This will change everything. Our kid has to live in this world.

Lorna

It's time to make a new world.