Two Crows Watch from the Gallows Tree (part 6)

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Mon Mar 14, 2022 3:56 pm
Shady says... · Mon Mar 14, 2022 3:56 pm
Ky nodded. She’d forgotten Lyra had physically met him rather than just heard of him. “I think… he grew up feeling powerless. So he liked feeling powerful, however he could… I think that’s why he liked hitting me the most. I’m weak.” She smirked mirthlessly. “And I think he was proud of having a man as large as Tadaaki cowed. It was all a power play, because he could.”

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Mon Mar 14, 2022 3:59 pm
Ljungtroll says... · Mon Mar 14, 2022 3:59 pm
"Why is it always about power?" Lyra complained. "Especially with men. Why can't they just grow up and not perpetuate it all?"
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Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:02 pm
Shady says... · Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:02 pm
“Yes!” Ky agreed vehemently. “They’re all so terrible… not all of them. But the ones who are like the two… three… of them.”

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Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:05 pm
Ljungtroll says... · Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:05 pm
"Why don't we just do away with the bad ones? Wake the gods up and pray to them to make it all better? They like snuffing people out, right?" Lyra wrapped her arms around herself and rested her chin on her knees.
"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

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Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:08 pm
Shady says... · Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:08 pm
“I’m not so sure they’re good either,” Ky whispered, as if the gods would wake up and smite her if she spoke too loud.

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Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:10 pm
Ljungtroll says... · Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:10 pm
"They've got to be good for something, otherwise they wouldn't exist." Lyra glanced over at her. "How are you doing now?"
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Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:12 pm
Shady says... · Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:12 pm
Did they, though? What was Aleth good for? What was Michael?

“Better.” Ky rubbed her face, wondering if it was still betrayed her tears. “… thank you for talking me down.”

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Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:16 pm
Ljungtroll says... · Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:16 pm
(Nooo the gods are good for something, not those nasty garbage!)

Lyra dipped her head. "If you need anything, I'm just across the hall." She got to her feet. "But like I said, you're doing well."
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Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:21 pm
Shady says... · Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:21 pm
(Haha I gotchu but Ky is still salty at them for creating Aleth and cursing Rönn haha… but those two are good for plot xD)

“Thank you.” Ky smiled and dipped her head, considering just staying on the floor, then deciding that would be awkward. She stood up. Her body felt so heavy. So did her eyelids.

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Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:24 pm
Ljungtroll says... · Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:24 pm
(Very fair)

Lyra opened the door, looking her up and down again. "You ought to get some sleep; you look exhausted."
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Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:26 pm
Shady says... · Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:26 pm
Was it really that obvious? She nodded with a little smile. “That I am.”

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Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:32 pm
Ljungtroll says... · Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:32 pm
Lyra returned the smile. "Good night, then. Sleep well."
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Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:33 pm
Shady says... · Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:33 pm
“You as well.” Ky dipped her head.

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Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:46 pm
Ljungtroll says... · Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:46 pm
Lyra departed quietly, heading back to her room.
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Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:50 pm
Shady says... · Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:50 pm
Ky took a deep breath. She promised to go find Zander. He’d worry himself sick if she didn’t. She changed her shirt, then silently padded into the hall and headed towards Zander’s room.

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