Godsdamn this job. He never should have agreed to any of it. Never should have left the East. He sighed deeply. “Wonderful.”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
Sera helped him sit upright, keeping the blanket wrapped around him. "What you did is no small feat. You're a hardy one, to be sure." She set his feet in the warm water.
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
He hissed in pain and yanked his feet back out of the water.
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"Listen." Sera sat back, looking up at him. "If you want to keep the other eight, you're going to have to sit them in that water. It's a safe temperature, don't worry; I know what I'm doing. If you'd rather prefer to wander about toeless for the rest of your days, though..." She shrugged. "It's your call."
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
“It hurts,” he growled, but resentfully dipped his feet back into the water with a grimace. “A lot.”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"Good. It means you've still got feeling in your feet, which means you're in better shape than you could have been." Sera set about preparing a disinfectant. "Have you got a name?"
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
“Hmph,” Aleth grumbled, but figured she was probably right. “The name’s Al… and you?”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"Sera." Sera brought over the disinfectant and began to apply it to his wounds. "I'm the head apothecary here."
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
Sera dipped her head, frowning at a particularly nasty mark. "This can't have been that recent. How long were you traveling?"
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
“I… I can’t remember,” Aleth responded. It was mostly true. “It’s all a blur of snow and pain. Maybe two weeks? I’m not sure.”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"Two weeks." Sera nodded to herself. "Mm, that's a very long time to be traveling through snow and ice."
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
“Yes,” Aleth agreed, brain fluttering with realization that he needed to watch his words. “It felt like five years.”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"I'm sure." Sera finished disinfecting his injuries and set unrolled some gauze. "I'll have your hands in that water in a second. We'll let them sit for a few minutes and then we'll deal with those toes."
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
Aleth sighed. “There’s nothing that you can do to save them?”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
