The Hand That Mocked Them

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"Just curious why it's offensive to you in particular."
"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

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"Because it's immoral."
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"Other than that?"
"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

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"It's wasteful, needlessly risky, and dishonorable."
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"It isn't wasteful," he retorted. "The creatures I create have uses!"
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"Uses that could otherwise be fulfilled. It is utterly pointless to create them. It is only your ego that compels you to."
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"I fully disagree, with respect."
"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

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Kivvien returned to his work.
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Laurean did as well, grumbling to himself.
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Kivvien worked silently.
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Hieronymus stood to the side, waiting for any orders that might come.
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Kivvien missed his lab partner. He found himself leaving his notes to the side with the pen on the left, ready for his partner to pick up and add his thoughts.
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Hieronymus looked between them.
"So," Laurean said, "what area of demon study are you primarily focused on? I know you're working on a cure, but what led you there?"
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"I was simply given the objective to find the cure, and I reached it."
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"Good on you, then." He nodded approvingly. "How did you get there?"
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Anne felt that life was really not worth living without puffed sleeves.
— L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables