"But they limit the extent of research so cripplingly." Hieronymus was wary of arguing with a royal scholar at this point, but he was so close-minded about this! Couldn't he see the benefits of breaking the rules a little?
"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
Hieronymus sighed. "I understand you have misgivings about my master. I've tried to be truthful with you; I think his doings are admirable. You don't seem to think so. Is there any way I can redeem him in your eyes?"
"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 can only hope you change your mind when you meet him," he replied. "I'm sorry if I've misrepresented him in any way."
"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 huffed angrily and shut his eyes for a moment. "My master needed eyes," he said after a pause. "I am a tool for him to use, nothing more. There's no harm in creating me to help him continue his 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
Hieronymus was silent, opening the book once more. He had nothing to say to that, for once.
"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 was about halfway through now, and he had to make a conscious effort to slow himself down. He hoped Kivvien would come around to his master. He ought to; they were both after the same thing in the end.
"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
Hieronymus felt the cold as well. He peeked out the slats with a frown.
"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
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. — Mark Twain
