"That's true." He nodded. "There was this really nice duck dish that I had once, with lemons and spices and herbs, and a side of potatoes. It was strictly rich people only but I was traveling with Gaius, so I got some. It was the best thing I'd ever tasted."
"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
“That sounds lovely.” Ky nodded. “Rich people really do get so lavish with their food. It’s ridiculous sometimes… but delicious sometimes too.”
"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]
He nodded. "Especially in the East. That place is all about money and wealth."
"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
“Oh, I know.” Ky rolled her eyes but about their conversation, not at Emery. “They’re all terrible.”
"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]
"Have you seen the gold that goes into the clothing alone? It's absurd."
"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 really is,” Ky said. “They’re even worse than roosters — strutting around puffing out their chests and flogging people and adding nothing of value whatsoever to the world. They’re all terrible. All of them. Pratik was the only Easterner I met before I came here that I liked. And I met a lot of them. A lot.”
"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]
"Most of the rich ones are shit. And a lot of the poor ones are shit, too."
"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
“Luckily, neither of us has to deal with it anymore.”
"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]
He nodded in agreement. "I sorta wish I was born in Rim. It's not as bad. Loads of gold nonsense and filigree, but it'll always be better than what the Reputations were doing."
"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
“Fair enough.” Ky nodded. “…I’ve always been partial to Austraka. I know a lot of that is idealism that stems from childhood naivety. But gods, I was happy.”
"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]
"As you should have been. I hear Austraka is a wonderful place."
"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
Ky nodded in agreement. “It is. Unless Makata was screwing things up for us, everyone was happy all the time. Just work and play and enjoy being a part of nature.”
"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]
"It sounds like paradise. What's the climate like down there?"
"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
