"No, she just reads more about nature than I do. I stick to plants, but even with her degree she ventures into other fields."
"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]
Constance smiled. "Anyway, I would like to go back someday."
"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
“Yes ma’am.” Ky nodded with a little smile. “I hope you’re able to. I have very fond memories of back home.”
"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]
"Maybe we can make a stop down that way after our voyage," she suggested. "Do you have a home village you want to get back to?"
"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…” Ky hesitated, blushing. “I…I don’t know. Emery thinks maybe. But… I don’t 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]
"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’s… complicated.” She shook her head slightly. “I don’t know if they’d want me back. And it will hurt my feelings very bad if I risk it and get shunned.”
"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]
"Goodness, why wouldn't they want you back?" She frowned. "You're one of their own. A village is like family, in my experience."
"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
“Yeah, but…” She gestured vaguely. “I’ll just be a reminder. Of things they don’t want reminded about.”
"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
She smiled a little at that, amused at the irony of her asking permission to press for information. Seemed like an oxymoron. “It’s just…” she sobered. “We all got taken at the same time. All the kids my age. So if I go back… I don’t know. I feel like I’d just upset whatever their new normal looks like. Remind them of the kids they lost, if they had to stare at one of their kids’ childhood friends… especially Mr. Myrond. I basically lived at his house with how much time I spent with Talia — his daughter.”
"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]
She winced. "And Governor Makata is the one who took them?"
"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
“Yes ma’am.” She nodded. “He took all of us that were eleven to fifteen… Talia was only eleven.” She cringed was well. And Ky had utterly failed to protect her, even though she’d promised to.
"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]
Constance blew out a breath, walking in silence for a long moment. "Perhaps it's time for me to dig into my father's old connections, then."
"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
