Infinity: Chronicles of Nick Chapter 1 Quotes

Infinity: Chronicles of Nick Chapter 1 Quotes

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Quote 7

Nick felt the color drain from his face. This couldn't be happening. They were mugging two tourists? (1.256)

Nick has violent tendencies, but he rationalizes these tendencies by only being violent toward people he thinks deserves it. These two tourists are innocent, so Nick is aghast that his friends attack them—and so he defends the tourists.

Quote 8

He could handle insults directed at him. It was the ones against his mom that elevated him to fighting mad. (1.121)

Nick is very protective of his mother. She is also very protective of him, so it's a relationship that works out well.

Quote 9

I'm the man of the family. It was his job to protect her. It was all he knew. (1.178)

Here the fact that Nick's mom is a single mother is alluded to, and it helps explain why the two are so protective of one another. But why is Nick's dad out of the picture? Does Nick think he is better off without his dad in the picture anymore?