“We talk about what ‘it’ is.” She looked back at the woods, very clearly alarmed. “What’s coming?”
"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 listened again, looking discomforted by her fear. "You not sleep tonight if I tell you. You ask Ash what big and tall out in night, he tell you tomorrow. See what make boom boom sounds when foots fall."
"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 don’t sleep tonight if you don't,” she argued. “I’ll be left to imagine the worst, all night.”
"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 not bother here," he promised her. "Not bother with men for long time, not unless they out in long night. Not bother with big castle."
"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
“Is it a troll?” she asked, trying to remember what Gaius had said about northern folktales.
"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 frowned at her, looking as if he were about to deny it. Then he nodded. "Troll, yes. Big one." His ears twitched. "Male or female, can't tell."
"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]
"Many many troll," he said with a snort. "All over. Big, small, all size. All gender. Bad tempers often. But shy now that man living everywhere. This one bold today, strange to be out and about before sun sleep."
"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 looked back at the woods, as if she could pick out an outline in the distance, even though they both knew nothing was there. As far as she was able to perceive anyway. “What other creatures are there?”
"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]
"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…” She shook her head slightly, looking back at him. “The ones people think are just stories. Are they real?” She stopped just short of likening them to him.
"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]
"Some." He rocked back on his hooves. "Some real. Who you thinking of?"
"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
“Um…” She squinted, trying to remember. “Stone Mother?”
"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 let out a low, strange whistle. "Oh, she real. You stay away from her, you hear. She off her horse, no mind left. Grief and anger and hate only, always hate."
"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 alarmed Ky, but she attempted not to show it. She was only marginally successful. “…what is she? Who?”
"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 crazy how your life can be twisted upside down inside out and around and you can get sushi from safeway still looking like a normal person — starchild314
