His smile faded a bit at her discomfort, and he blushed again. "Sorry. You'd think that growing up around farmers I'd know to curb my tongue, but I've been around my uncles often enough that some of their humor rubbed off on me. I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable."
"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
“Not at all.” She blushed that she’d made him uncomfortable. “Sorry. I… yeah. Sorry. I’m at a weird place between farmer, sl-servant, and noble. It’s… a lot. But good.” She flashed another anxious smile.
"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 sort of relate." He smiled briefly. "Sort of. Been a farmer most of my life, but having noble blood...it's weird, I guess."
"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’s like 50 degrees and has been raining like two hours straight and the water was choppy and so now I’m freezing and seasick even tho it’s just a river not even the real sea )
“It… seems weird,” Ky agreed, glancing at Sera and then back at him. “I guess I can’t quite imagine having two moms.”
"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're great. Mum is sort of....aunt like to me, since I don't see her except for every other week. Mama has been the one to raise me since I was born."
(Sera's gone at this point with Sara. Should have mentioned that)
"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]
He hesitated. "I knew my biological mother was Sera always, yes. She didn't visit so often in the first few years, but when she did I got to know her better. And Mama never kept secrets from me."
"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 slowly. She was being a nosy bitch, but— “So you know how you fit in and all that?”
"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]
"Yep." That was all he said. Emery glanced over his shoulder, making sure Tristan and Lily weren't looking before giving Ky a small head shake and wincing.
"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
“Sorry,” she murmured quickly, ducking her head. Stupid. Why was she always so stupid? “So, uh, what’s your foster mom like?”
"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]
"Well." Tristan brightened. "Her name is Hannah, and she's fantastic. She's a great cook, she's great at working the lichen stones, she's lots of fun to talk to and hang out with. She tells the best stories and she's won the village singing competition three years in a row."
"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
“That’s great.” Ky smiled. “Guess you got lots of lullabies, then.”
"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]
"Guilty as charged. And gods know I needed them; I wasn't an easy child." He rubbed the back of his neck. "Glad I had Mum and Mama to set me straight."
"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
“You were not,” Zander scoffed. Of all the sisters, she was the least trouble. By a lot. She just caught any moving thing and chattered at them until Petrir felt bad for them and forced her to release them. He didn’t have to personally bully an As’veri for her.
“Yes I was.” Ky shrank a bit, rubbing her abdomen. “Aleth told me every day.”
“Fuck Aleth.”
Ky blinked at him. Zander wasn’t supposed to curse. He also wasn’t supposed to contradict her. He was embarrassing her. She glared at him. “I already did.”
Zander felt like he’d been punched in the gut and he couldn’t do anything but stare at her in horror. She looked at him coldly for a moment, then looked away.
"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]
Tristan blinked at them both, then seemed to decide he ought not ask. "You seem very nice now, though. Not everyone's the same as they were when they were babies, right??
"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
