"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
“Haven’t I?” She drew her expression. Gods. She’d done it so well he still didn’t even know.
"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]
"No. Ky, I've been around manipulators most of my life. I love Gaius, but he manipulates a little--he can't help it. I know one when I see one."
"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 was quiet for a moment, brow furrowed as she searched for an example of how much she’d manipulated him. And yet she couldn’t remember a specific instance. Just. In general.
"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]
"Any other reasons you can find to stop living?" Tomhas asked. "Seems like futile or baseless arguments all around."
"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]
"Why not, Ky? What are enough afraid of right now? I mean....you know, aside from the gods."
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"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
“Literally everything,” she huffed, feeling tears stinging the back of her throat. “I’m scared of literally. Everything. The gods. The trolls. The assassins. Something happening to you or Anneke or the kids or the Ashes or Zander or Tadaaki or anyone else. Of my own brain — the nightmares they I know wait for me almost every single night. The fear that I’m gong to wake up one day and find all this was just some elaborate dream and I’m passed out at Aleth’s. That… that… you’ll see what I am and change your mind.” She scrubbed her face, angry that the tears were winning now. “And I’m tired of being scared.”
"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
"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]
"Being scared is a part of everyone's life," Tomhas said with a sigh. "This is a shitty suggestion, but...maybe think less? Just forget you have a brain and live like a dog or horse, just look at your books or your food and think 'yum, wow, how lucky I am!' That's what I do."
"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]
"Because." He leaned forward. "Because I'm terrified every day of my life, Ky. I wake up petrified that there'll be some terrible news, or that I'll be back in the past. Or I'll wake up out of a nightmare. And I can't do anything about it so I have to pretend I'm happy and everything is fine."
"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
Her gaze softened as she glanced back at him. “…that doesn’t make everything fine.”
"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're telling me," he snorted. "But fake it til you make it, right? It helps a tiny bit. Sometimes I'm actually happy, or I forget I'm afraid for a little while. Seeing you today...made me forget what happened out there, for a second."
"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
