Keeping it rolling from rude_not_ginger: First lines meme

Since I had fun with it over at rude_not_ginger's, I'll keep the ball rolling with a fic first lines meme.

:: Select 5-10 first lines from your fic/etc
:: Post them, exactly as they are, punctuation, italics/etc, and all
:: Challenge your flist to write a drabble or ficlet with the same first line in the comments
:: Have fun with what people come up with!
:: Repost at will


So here are my lines, have at them, should you be so inclined:

1) These days, no one expected gods to be invincible.

2) The air pulsed around her.

3) "They'll never let us go, you know."

4) Under a bright double moon, the Atraxian salt flats shimmered like stars.

5) The cell door clanged and swung open.

6) Back when the war was little more than a few bold skirmishes, official decrees, and omnipresent screaming threats, they made a pact with each other.

7) We all remember that sorrowful time.

8) It was the year 36555, the Treaty of Panatea had been in effect for a good decade, and Hector should've known better.

9) Wood smoke and ash curled up from the forest below.

10) "Did I ever tell you about the time Sun Tzu told me to go fly a kite?"