"That may have been, sir," Aleth said. He didn't believe him whatsoever. But he also wasn't going to undermine his idiots' alibis more than absolutely necessary, on the off chance that Ash had gotten them backed into a corner with his string of paranoid questions. "I don't recall that, but I'm sure there were ones I didn't notice. As I said, I wasn't looking very hard."
"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 sorts of creatures did you encounter, fi you didn't see any predators?"
"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 kept jumping back and forth between questions. Trying to disorient him, huh?
“There were some rabbits, sir. A fox. And some elk.”
(I’ve decided they actually saw them if that’s not against your lore? Lol)
"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
“They had the same master for quite a few years, as I understand it, sir,” Aleth said. “A traveling merchant.”
"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
“I’ve never heard the name Vosroy,” Aleth reiterated. He wasn’t easily tricked by gimmicks like that. It’d take a whole hell of a lot more to trap him. “I believe Tadaaki handled most of his heavy lifting and Ky helped with translating for him, 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
“Quiet, for the most part. Anxious. Tadaaki gets tripped up very, very easily and confuses himself about what he’s actually trying to say. Ky will do or say anything she can to keep the peace. They’re both very compliant.”
"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]
Very interesting. The other two seemed to admire each other quite a bit but this one had given something of a backhanded compliment. "How did you get to know them beyond that on the journey?"
"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 didn’t, sir. We met in the cage. Didn’t really say much before we got out.”
"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
“We talked a little,” Aleth said. “That’s how I know their situation. But we didn’t exactly open up to each other. Just trying to figure out what was what and small talk when the silence got too much to bear. 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]
"Do you have any other observations beyond their compliance?"
"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]
