- Xena: [voice-over]
- [after Xena kills an elk and mounts it on her horse]
- Xena: Gabrielle... I'm entering a world of darkness I promised myself I'd never return to, but it's the only way I can see you again.
- [Xena is in a cave with the dead elk skinned. She starts to dance]
- Xena: My mind has lost it's center. It's turning... turning. Can't hold. I can't hold...
- [pause]
- Xena: I hear you, or is it the wind? As I travel along paths left long ago, I'm engulfed by my memories. They consume me.
- Alti: [talking to Xena] You want to know what they are. Your friend you told me about, Lao Ma, her powers come from denial, self sacrifice, from the light. That's not for people like you and me. I want to tap into the heart of darkness. The sheer, naked will behind all craving. The hatred and violence. I'll become the face of death itself, capable of destroying not only a person's body but their soul. Help me and I'll make you Destroyer of Nations.
- Cyane: [as Xena approaches the Amazon Land of the Dead] What are you doing here, Xena? You're *not* welcome.
- Xena: Cyane, why are you still in the Land of the Dead? You should have crossed over into Eternity.
- Cyane: Answer me first! What do you want?
- Xena: I'm looking for a friend. A Greek Amazon...
- Cyane: [scoffs] An Amazon is your friend.
- Xena: That's right. Her name is Gabrielle...