“Yes.” Ky nodded. “So was Sara. They were best friends growing up.”
"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]
"Really?" Ada's eyebrows shot up. "That's crazy. Did they meet Ash and Loquitur at the same time?"
"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
Ky nodded. “Anneke’s aunt took Tomhas and Gaius in for a few years when they were all teenagers.”
"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]
Her brow furrowed. "They weren't living in the Keep? Did they run away?"
"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
“They got banished, as I understand it.” Ky shrugged. “Apparently when you’re completely awful you’re afraid your little brothers would rather you be dead than in charge of them. So you banish them… or something. I don’t know.”
"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]
"Imagine being terrible and worrying people might not like you." Ada rolled her eyes. "But at least they found love, I suppose."
"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
Ky snorted, but smirked. Then she hesitated and sobered a bit, thinking for a moment. “I think they were happier on the farm than they’d been here, as children. It was good for the whole lot of them I think.”
"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 imagine so. Farms are more open, not stuffy and dead like this Keep is. And they have happier memories in them, sometimes."
"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]
"It's good for nobles to have some experience as peasants," she went on. "It makes them realize that they're just as human as the rest of us."
"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]
They began the trek back to the doors of the Keep as they rounded the corner. "Maybe everyone should be banished, if they're going to become a Lord or Lady," she mused. "For experience purposes."
"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]
"Nothing too awful, just a couple years as a farmer or laborer, to see what it's like to be a subject. Maybe between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one?" Ada smiled slightly. "Maybe I should be queen."
"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
Ky smiled and shook her head. But then she thought about the suggestion. “That might not be a bad idea, honestly. Just a year or two. But like an internship, not a banishment. They could have been taken by spiders or slavers or any other thing. Theirs was best case scenario. Not a sustainable training school.” She smirked a bit.
"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]
