Ada shook her head. "I mean, it makes me sound rather grand, but I see your point."
"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. “I mean… he never said you have to… he didn’t even remember his own name at first when I asked. But I feel like he deserves that dignity. Names are important. It’s the one thing people can’t take from you… I mean… usually.” Aleth kind of did.
"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 forgot his own name?" Her eyes were wide as she stepped out of the kitchen. "How could he forget?"
"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 shrugged, sobering. “I mean… no one has talked to him in six hundred years. I’m impressed he remembers how to talk at all.”
"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]
"If I were alone all the time I would talk to myself constantly," Ada said firmly. "I would repeat my name every morning and every night, as often as I could."
"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 glanced at her, then answered quietly, “I think it’s a lot easier to say what you’d do, when you don’t actually have to do it.”
"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 guess so." She nodded. "It must still be hard for him."
"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 have no doubt,” Ky agreed. “I feel awful for him… I feel like I’m still his only friend. The others are just… I don’t know… I’m… that’s a lie. Nevermind.”
"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 mean, it seems true. Ash is just curious about him. The others have only just met him. You're the only one who seems to have taken pains to be kind to him."
"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. “I feel like they want to know about him for their benefit, not his. They still think he’s a savage.”
"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]
"But you see through that, right? He's more of a person to you."
"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 is.” Ky nodded. “He’s just a lonely father and husband and… and… human. Not a beast to be stared at.”
(Awww yis we got like an hour away from the office like fifteen minutes from the boat ramp and my boss called and canceled for tonight so now I’ve got like half an hour in the truck on the way back… not sure what if anything we’ll have to do tonight. But no boating. And much higher probability of being around tonight)
"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 has a family?" Her brow furrowed. "How does that work?"
"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 died,” she said flatly. “And he’s been left alone to mourn them for centuries.”
"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
