"What other images did you see? What color was the background for the bear?"
"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
“Um…” Tadaaki glanced at him and then away again. Aleth always said for a lie to be believable or had to be detailed and specific. But. Well. He wasn’t good at remembering details. And the fact that he wanted the details made him feel like there was something deeper here; that he was trying to catch him in something. Could he use this to track them somehow? Would it take him right back to Tarr?
"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
Fuck, fuck, fuck. What would Ky do? Aleth? One of them would know. They’d know if this was a safe question to answer. Know how to redirect the conversation if not. Meanwhile he had the verbal dexterity of a toddler. M
“It was mostly covered in snow, sir,” he settled for instead. “So I can’t be sure… but… um… maybe green?”
"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]
"What other inn signs did you see?" he asked. "Were there a lot of bears or hawks? Perhaps a rose?"
"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.” He shook his head helplessly. This was most definitely a trap. And he wasn’t going to walk into it. “I didn’t pay them too much mind; I knew I wasn’t allowed inside regardless of the sign. Didn’t seem to concern me, 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]
"If you remember, I'd like to know. But you were in a town, correct?"
"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
“We walked by one, but didn’t linger. We had no money or business there and only stayed maybe a couple of minutes as we walked by.”
"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]
"Do you recall the accents of the people there? The make of the buildings?"
"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
No. Fuck him. Aleth pulled this bullshit, too. Making him sweat. See if he changed his answer.
Well, he wasn’t going to.
He was still far more scared of Aleth than he’d ever be of Ash.
If Ash wanted to call that as a lie, he could man up and say so. Tadaaki wouldn’t be bullied by silence, no matter how painful.
"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]
"Do you know what happens when people tell me lies, Tadaaki?" Gaius asked finally.
"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 bottom dropped out of his stomach. Shit. Maybe he didn’t want to see Ash’s spine. “… I’m not lying, 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
