The Last Express (1997 Video Game)
Mujahid Abdul-Rashid: Kronos
Quotes
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Robert Cath : Come in, make yourself comfortable. Why, thank you, Kahina. I think I will.
Kronos : Good morning, Mr. Cath. I hope you have good news for me today.
Robert Cath : That depends. Do you still want the Firebird?
Kronos : Do you have it?
Robert Cath : What happened to Tyler?
Kronos : The misadventures of Mr. Whitney and his colleagues are of no interest to me. Let us conclude this transaction quickly. We both have many other things to do. I with my collection and you with your travels and special interests. Your treatment of Vassili Alexandrovitch for example...
[Takes a pill and sniffs it]
Kronos : Datura stramonium. Very interesting.
Robert Cath : It's very simple.
Kronos : Simple to us perhaps. But few European doctors would have thought of it. Once in Nigeria... But I digress, do you have the Firebird?
Robert Cath : Not technically.
Kronos : Then I shall waste no more of your time. I shall look forward to our next meeting, Mr. Cath.
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Kronos : [after their meeting, Cath eavesdrops on them] He knows nothing, it is as I thought. The Austrian woman has the Firebird.
Kahina : Forgive me, Your Excellency.
Kronos : I told you so last night. Why have you not searched her compartment?
Kahina : The compartment is guarded, Your Excellency. Day and night.
Kronos : Ah yes, the dog.
Kahina : I am not afraid, Your Excellency. But if I enter the compartment that dog will attack me. If Your Excellency wishes, of course...
Kronos : I understand, Kahina. Several hours remain before Vienna. I will arrange a convenient absence for Miss Wolff and this animal whose presence seems to make you so uneasy. Then, Kahina, you will find the Firebird.
Kahina : Yes, Your Excellency.
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Kronos : [In the smoking room, Tatiana, Alexei, Abbot and Cath turn their heads in silence to the arrival of Prince Kronos and Kahina who meets Anna Wolff and August Schmidt] Fraulein Wolff, it is a privilege to meet so talented artist. My name is Kronos.
Anna Wolff : Your Excellency, you do me a great honor.
Kronos : [sniff's Anna's left hand and sits down at her table] My car is equipped with a piano. I wonder if you would do me the favor of joining me in a duet. It will help pass the time on this rather long journey.
August Schmidt : What a splendid idea!
Anna Wolff : Shall we say... three o'clock?
Kronos : I shall count the minutes until then.
Kronos : [leaves] Good day.
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Kronos : [Cath meets Kronos for the first time in his private car] What an unexpected pleasure Mr. Robert Cath.
Robert Cath : Usually, people call me Tyler Whitney.
Kronos : You should take care when choosing a name for yourself. Names have power. The most primitive cultures understood this. But of course, it will be as you prefer.
Robert Cath : Not everyone has the luxury of choosing his own name Mister...
Kronos : Kronos. Whether you are Cath or Whitney is a matter of indifference to me. I am prepared to continue the discussions begun by my agent in Paris. Provided that you have the piece of which you spoke.
Robert Cath : Is Kronos your first name or your last name?
Kronos : I HAVE NO TIME TO... continue these delightful discussions of names. I have brought with me a rather heavy briefcase. I would like to know now if the proposed exchange interests you and if you are capable of completing it.
Robert Cath : Not just at the moment, but I have hopes of being able to do so.
Kronos : In that case we have nothing further to discuss. I myself must leave the train in Vienna. In case we don't see each other again, I wish you a pleasant journey to Istanbul and continued success in evading the British and French authorities. Have a pleasant evening, Mr. Cath. Kahina will show you out.
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Kronos : [if Cath returns to Kronos empty handed] Oh dear. I see that you have brought neither the briefcase, nor my Firebird. This game has gone on long enough.
[Kahina kills Cath with her iron bracelet]
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Kronos : [If you bring Kronos the Firebird after stealing the briefcase] Ah, excellent. You may keep that rather heavy briefcase with my blessings, I will choose to overlook the damage to my skylight.
Robert Cath : Who killed Tyler?
Kronos : Kahina will show you out. It's been a pleasure doing business with you, Mr. Whitney.
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Kronos : [If you only bring back the briefcase] I am disappointed. I would have gladly let you keep this gold. If only you had seen fit to bring me the other. It would have saved us so much time.
Robert Cath : Maybe.
Kronos : What is it you want, Mr. Whitney?
Robert Cath : Tyler Whitney is dead. I want to know who killed him and why.
Kronos : You are on your way to Jerusalem, are you not?
Robert Cath : How did you know that?
Kronos : Knowledge is more precious than gold and rarer than rubies. If knowledge is the coin in which you wish to be paid, I could tell you many things. About yourself, and that ring you wear, for example. But the question you ask, that question I cannot answer.
Robert Cath : Then, I'll be on my way.
Kronos : [stands] Not yet. I'm afraid you owe me some slight favor for having helped yourself to my luggage. That scarf in his breast pocket. Get it please.
Kronos : [Kahina, holding a gun at Cath's head, brings the scarf to Kronos] Yes... Thank you, Mr. Cath. I shall keep it as a souvenir untill our next encounter.
