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Quotes
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Joey Zarick : Dad, check out my rising card trick.
William Zarick : Let's see it.
[chuckling as Joey demonstrates]
William Zarick : Very good, Joey.
Joey Zarick : I'm thinking I can close my act with it.
William Zarick : Yeah, yeah. Mind if I give you a pointer for your show?
Joey Zarick : Yeah, sure.
William Zarick : [taking the deck] You see, a magician's greatest tool isn't just his hands. It's distraction. Keep smiling, keep them talking, always look 'em in the eye. You do that...
[snapping, he performs the card trick himself]
William Zarick : ...they won't see what's right in front of 'em.
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William Zarick : Tell me it was an accident.
Jordan Mahkent : A what?
William Zarick : [grabbing him] Tell me you didn't mean to kill my son.
[letting him go and taking out his magic wand]
William Zarick : Tell me!
Jordan Mahkent : William, wait. Wait, wait, wait, wait. I am so sorry. Okay? I truly am. I know you loved your boy...
[freezing the wand and, by extension, William]
Jordan Mahkent : ...but I wish you understood what I was doing was also for him.
[setting him gently on the floor as he dies]
Jordan Mahkent : [conversing in Norwegian] It's too bad you had to see that.
Lily Mahkent : We will clean it up.
Sofus Mahkent : You have work to do.
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Jordan Mahkent : I've traveled across this country. I've hunted down everybody who played a part in Christine's death. Everybody who exposed her to a toxin that led her to get sick. And I did this because I, too, made a promise, William, to my wife as she lay dying in my bed that I would combat injustice for our son, for everyone's children.
William Zarick : There's nothing more important to me than mine.
Jordan Mahkent : Good. Good. It's the way it should be. Project: New America is my destiny. I want it to be yours, too. But I'm back in charge now... and I'll take care of this Stargirl.
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Jordan Mahkent : What did Brainwave tell you about this new Starman?
William Zarick : It was a girl. That he'd take care of her.
Jordan Mahkent : You were the one who was supposed to handle things in my absence.
William Zarick : Well, he was insistent.
Jordan Mahkent : And you were hesitant. You always have been.
William Zarick : Brainwave has never been a team player like me. I was the one who cleaned everything up. Got him to the hospital, took care of the costume, came up with a story.
Jordan Mahkent : William... you stumbled into your powers... you killed your master before his lessons were complete, and it shows. That wand of yours, it's capable of so much more, but instead of thinking big, you just continue to think small. Even now, you're still performing the same old tired show. You've just changed one stage for another. You spend your days making promises to people, but much like every politician, you don't keep them, in the same way you didn't keep your promise to me.
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Jordan Mahkent : Brainwave is in a coma.
William Zarick : He came to see me. His son was attacked by someone using Starman's staff. He told me he called you.
Jordan Mahkent : He did. Why didn't you?
William Zarick : I didn't see the need.
