"I'll stay a little longer than planned if you want," he said. "I need to plan how I'm going to get home safely anyhow. And I did miss you."
"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 missed you too,” she said, throat constricting. And now he was here and she was angry about it. Gods.
"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]
"Sorry I showed up looking like a wet rat." He forced a smile. "Is the beard a look or should I shave it?"
"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 wasn’t in the mood to pretend that she found him funny, but she forced a smile for his benefit. “It definitely looks different.”
"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]
"Different good or different 'oh my gods there's a bear cub eating your chin?'" He rubbed his beard self consciously.
"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 did get a half chuckle out of her and she asked playfully, “Only a cub?”
"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]
"Surely it isn't that big!" He crossed his eyes and jutted out his chin to look, pawing at the bottom. It only really covered his chin; it didn't go much further beyond that, but it was definitely thick.
"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]
"That's very kind." He chuckled. "I'll have to see how I feel. I bet Anneke won't fly with it; she never liked beards." His eyes lit up. "I should get Gaius to grow one now!"
"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 laughed a little at that, then hesitated, contemplating it. She said thoughtfully, “I wonder if he has one now… I wouldn’t be shaving if I got my leg chopped off.”
"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]
"I wanna go see." He grinned. "I'll see my men up to the infirmary and then I'll go invade his personal space. I'd bet that because Sara's not here he's let a beard grow out."
"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 couldn’t even begin to imagine Gaius with a beard. But. Then. She also didn’t imagine Sera was going to let Tomhas out of her sight once she saw him. Still. She thought it over. “…did he used to grow one? Before her?”
"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 shook his head. "Septimus always grew a beard so Gaius tried not to. He had one when we were banished, but he shaved it as soon as he could. Helps that our family doesn't really do very well in the hair growing department. At least the Ashes don't."
"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
“Ah.” Ky cringed. Well now she didn’t want to see it.
"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]
"I bet he looks like a dork," Tomhas went on. "His always grows in all patchy, as I remember. Mine will look infinitely superior."
"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
