a) “Whatever road I take, the guiding star is within me . . . .” (Chapter XI)
When Equality makes this statement, he’s making a declaration that from now on, whatever he decision he makes in life will be his, not what someone else wants him to do.
b) “I am neither

Night bleeds all colors
from life but she dreams in them
anyhow:

I watched you
as you walked away
she clung to your arm
good bye you say