(Batman beats up mentally ill and impoverished people. Scrooge is a ridiculous hog but I adore him)
"Like King Oberon from A Midsummer Night's Dream!" He sat down at one of the many dining room chairs. "What do you make of it all?"
"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
(bruce should have just used his piles of money to make the living conditions in the city better so people wouldn't have to turn to crime. It's one city that I will hold him responsible for and his kinda money could make worldwide impacts so like, yeah)(i have a lotta batman feelings, many of which are tainted by nostalgia)
"It's a job," she shrugged. "I've had plenty of wealthy clients."
"But any in fairyland?" He shook his head. "Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine I'd be guarding a video game remote in the middle of a tree!"
"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 doesn't strike me as much of a fairy king, to be honest." He rested his arms on the table and squinted at the controller. "More like a college kid."
"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'd be surprised." He looked around again. "So what's your story? Why this job?"
"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've been promised a fairly useful payment, and it gets me out of the house for a few days." As if on cue her phone buzzed, just once. He'd resorted to texting.
"Do you have to get that?" he asked, nodding toward her pocket.
"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
"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
"Just my mom and my gramma." He kicked his feet up. "How about you? Just the dad?"
"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
