He nodded quickly and stirred. "I just--" He hesitated again. "Homunculi can't possibly be sentient."
"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
"But I can't be sentient. It's against the law for sentient beings to participate in unpaid labor, and that's all homunculi are used for. So we must not be sentient."
"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
Kivvien chuckled. "A lot of things are against the law, including you being made to begin with, and yet here you are. I have pointed out many times that you should be paid for your labor, yet you argued."
"Because I'm just a homunculus. What would I need money for?"
"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
"Well, just about anything, really. Better accommodations, services you'd like performed for your own benefit. You can barter just about anything you'd like for your labor."
"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
"Because I'm a homunculus. We're not sentient beings!"
"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
Kivvien sighed. "You very clearly are. Homunculi are rare, hardly a thing is known about their variety and possibility. Maybe you are the first to be sentient, but you are."
