“I tried to get away.” Tadaaki cringed and gave in to his impulse to rub his chest. “Six years ago or so… he added on a bit more of the details four years ago, I think. When I tried to… stop… when he took Ky. Sir.”
"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
“Yessir.” Tadaaki nodded. “He had me about two years longer.”
"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]
Gaius nodded slightly. "And how long ago were you parted from this man?"
"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
(Haha fuck not me already forgetting — if I guess wrong then it’s me not Tadaaki lol he’ll keep his story straight)
“He’s a little guy.” He gestured about the same height as Ky had, which seemed laughably small given how much taller he was. “From Totallisa as I understood it, sir.”
"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]
Gaius dipped his head. "Why was Ky made to wear a binder even after she'd been checked over by the slavers?"
"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
Tadaaki cringed. “He asked them to put him back in it. He knew it made the cuts even more painful and always made him…her? Wear it extra tight, so they hurt him-her worse.”
"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]
"And why did the slavers comply when they knew that she would be damaged by that, thus making her less appealing to buy?"
"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 don’t know, sir.” Tadaaki shook his head. “I try not to ask questions, sir.” Those got you beat.
"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]
"Why was she still wearing it all this time later?"
"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
“She said she thought it’d keep her warmer, sir. And… she didn’t say it, but I don’t think she wanted to strip down in front of me and Al. She can’t get out of it so I her own. There’s a zipper on the back.”
"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]
"You and Al must have surmised it wouldn't keep her warm and that the wounds could get infected."
"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
“It’s not my place to tell him-her what to do with her body, sir.” He shook his head slightly, ducking it a little. “At least… I don’t feel as though it is, sir. I’m not her master.”
"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]
