"Oh gods, not to you, not to you," she assured her, seeing her expression. "To criminals, people who deserve punishment." She hesitated. "But I try to be fair. Kindness and fairness aren't always the same thing, I suppose."
"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, embarrassed that Lady Constance had noticed her discomfort. “Fairness is… kind, in its own way. Injustice just adds insult to injury.”
"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]
"Injustice also means imbalance,'' she agreed. "Which I just hate."
"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]
"Well, suppose a man committed murder and escaped town before a trial could be held. The family of the person killed has been deprived of justice--so that is injustice. Injustice at its core means that consequences built up too heavily on one side of things. The scales need to be made even."
"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… yes ma’am, that makes sense.” Ky nodded. “I guess I was thinking of it more in reverse.”
"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 mean, if I deserve a punishment, I don't mind facing it head-on." Ky shrugged. "It feels like I've given adequate reparations for my wrongdoing. But... if I don't feel like I deserved the discipline -- though I definitely deserve it most of the time -- but if I feel like it's unfair, then I'm both hurt by the consequence as well as frustrated by the fact that it happened at all. It's harder to submit to discipline when it feels unwarranted."
"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]
"Discipline needs to be adaptable so it can fit different levels of wrongdoing. And people need to be heard before a verdict is reached, right?" She paused. "But you didn't deserve what happened to 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
"Some yes, some no, ma'am," Ky shrugged. "I used to be insufferable and invited a lot of the abuse... but... he did take it a bit far." She rubbed her abdomen subconsciously. "And a lot of it was in response to someone else making him angry, which felt unfair."
"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]
"If you were insufferable to a man like that, I say more power to you," she said firmly. "Make his life miserable; he deserved 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
Ky grinned at that. Then quickly sobered and looked around fearfully. She wasn't allowed to agree when people said things like that about Aleth. It'd get back to him. It always got back to him.
"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's not here," she said gently. "He's securely down in the dungeons. You can shit on him all you like; I won't tell anybody."
"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 smiled sheepishly, blushing and hesitant now. "Yes ma'am." She bobbed her head. Surely she knew Ky couldn't trust that... right? Knew what was at stake if she was lying and knew that she was a complete stranger. Not to mention it'd be working against every last ounce of self-preservation Ky had built over the last few years.
"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
