Ky looked at him warily. This felt very much like something she shouldn't poke. But. Well. He's brought it up. And he was also a big boy and could tell her to fuck off if he didn't want to talk about it. "Oh?"
"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. "Adults make bad choices sometimes. That's all."
"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
"Yessir." Ky dipped her head, accepting the polite 'fuck off' as an answer. Even though it was condescending. She wasn't a child. She didn't need to be told what 'adults' did or didn't do. She was far closer to being an adult that than she was to being a child. She was capable of understanding nuances. Which is why she knew better than to pry now.
"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 don't think I do," Ky said after a moment, glancing at Tadaaki. He shook his head in agreement. Ky looked back at Emery. "... is there more of a deck it may be in?"
"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]
"Nope, this is the whole deck in our hands." He checked his own. "Oh--this is embarrassing! It was me." He put down a card to start.
"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 happens." Ky smiled a little and played her card, followed by Tadaaki.
"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 ended up taking the trick and led the next with a reasonably high card.
"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
"What are your other favorite games to play?" Ky asked. Tadaaki took that trick.
"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 really like Tafl and Kings in the Corner. Oh, and there's this counting game I love!"
"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]
He nodded. "You've got to try them sometime. What about you? What games do you like?"
"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
"There's a dice game we played back home," Ky said. "You had to collect certain sets. Some were as many of one kind. Or some were trying to get numbers in consecutive runs. That sort of thing. I enjoyed that."
"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]
"Oh, I think I've heard of that one!" He nodded enthusiastically. "That's a great game. And luck-baasd, so I have a chance at winning!"
"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
“There’s some strategy too,” Ky countered. “You’ve still got to decide which category to fill, even if you have a bad roll.”
"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]
