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DeSante: There is a purity in pain Bladerunner. Or should I do you honor by calling you Bloodshed. Maybe just this once. There is a purity in pain because it can cleanse everything else away. It was washes the filth of arrogance away. Come glory you beat me or be beaten by not the words that you say, no , no, no friend, but by the lengths that you are able to go through when we are in that ring. You know what else is pure? Fire. Fire is pure. Nothing cleanses the soul like the fires of hell. I am not overly religious but I do recognize the beauty of it. Most people need something to believe�.

DeSante: Some do not�Some need to be believed in. Some do not. Those do not need, exist not.

DeSante: There is a thrill to be found, in that one moment, where you found your second wind, and victory is at hand, but at a knife�s edge stance defeat. There are few who live for that moment. There are even fewer who can recognize the importance of that. But all this talk is so overdramatic

DeSante: I know a few things. I know you are no coward. I know you don�t flinch at the sight of blood even your own. I know that no words can ever turn you away from a fight. I know I am going to take a beating, and I know I am going to beat the living shit out of you. Know this Bladerunner, neither one of us is going to easily walk out of arean. Hell, maybe neither one of us will be walking. Only a fool would think that he can do something like this a walk away, a man learns to look at it right in the face, and say to himself, This is going to hurt and there is not a god damn thing you can do about.

DeSante: Once you figure that out everything else is all that much simpler. You have the knowledge. So you aren�t surprised. You are finally ready to go into hell itself.

(He sits down quietly letting the staff touch the ground. Stares into the darknes beyone the candles.)

DeSante: Now there is a lot at stake and to everyone else this is foolish. On paper we have nothing to gain. Reputation? Look at you, look at me doesn�t seem like that motivates us. Titles? I am not wearing a belt and neither are you. Ranking? I don�t think anyone would be surprised who wins or who loses. So what the #@ are we doing this for��.

DeSante: because we can. And that makes all the difference. We gamble everything, but it really doesn�t matter what we win. I would let myself destroyed or I would destroy you because I will it. I exist to fight you and everyone else. You want a taste of pain, you want to feed your addiction. Then you will get you fill. I am ready to bleed, I am ready to burn. I am ready to go down in a ball of fire and to take you with me. BUT WE WOULDN�T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY!!!

(He stands and does a little shuffle and smashes the candles with the staff throws opens the windows and lets the rain pounding in from the outside invade. Howling winds and thundering lighting fills the room with sound.)

DeSante: MONDAY, MONDAY, MONDAY!!! COME ONE COME ALL TO THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH!!!! WHO WILL WALK AWAY�NO ONE!! HELL MAY FREEZE BUT COME GLORY HEAVEN WILL BURN!!!!

(DeSante continues to laugh as he kicks the door down and runs into the night rain drenching him as he extends his arms and cocks his head)

DeSante: You are wrong about one thing Bladerunner. It will be be oh so pretty. A spectacle for all to see and no one should be denied.