“Mm.” Ky considered it for a moment, looking down at her tea. It was easier to look at it then Sara. “It… it’s not that simple.” She sighed deeply and rubbed her face. “He only kept me quiet in front of others. I said all sorts of nasty things to him. That’s why he knows what a monster I am at my core. He said I was allowed to hate him, I just wasn’t allowed to keep secrets from him or disobey. He knew my thoughts. I didn’t care about hurting him when he asked for it. I care about hurting you.”
"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've got thick skin," Sara said with a small smile. "And I hope I won't give you reason to be unkind the way Aleth did."
"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
“Of course you won’t.” Ky waved her hand dismissively. “Which is why you don’t deserve it. You’re just an innocent bystander watching my life fall apart. It’s not your fault. Nor is it your responsibility to fix…” She gestured vaguely at herself. “…it’s not fixable.”
"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]
"Just give it a try for a week, alright, Ky? No consequences, I promise."
"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 not something you can promise,” Ky argued. “Words come with consequences, even if those consequences aren’t punishment.”
"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
"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
Ky picked her tea up as well, nursing it as she considered. She almost wanted to agree, to make this stop. But that would make her a liar. She didn’t want to add ‘liar’ to the growing list of descriptors.
But, well… Sara didn't know what she was asking for, even if she thought she did. She didn’t.
But. If she could tell Aleth the truth when he asked… could she not manage doing the same when her aunt explicitly asked her to. “If I do, then you have to promise not to tell my parents. And you have to promise Gaius won’t tell them, either. Or Sera. Or Emery. Or anyone else. No loopholes.”
"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 won't judge you for it," Sara said. "But if you like, I promise."
"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’d judge themselves for it,” she said quietly. “They want nothing more than for me to be happy. It hurts them when I’m not. I can see it. They feel like they’re failing me when it’s… it’s me. It’s clearly my fault. But they take the blame and I can’t make them stop.”
"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
Ky looked at her for a moment then nodded. “Good.”
"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
Ky looked at her warily for a moment. “I… will give it a try. But I’m not going to promise a full week in case it’s as horrible as I think it’s going to be.”
"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]
