(Less awful but still awful but capable of learning And he'll be closer in age to Lyra as well)
He dipped his head. "Anything else?"
"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
(Ahh nice nice yeah I agree less gap between him and Lyra is a good move)
“I don’t think so…” Ky thought for a moment. “I don’t know what may have been on the other side of the house. I was never over there. Like. When you walk in on the left is the parlor, then the office — most of the casual records are there — and then his bedroom. Right in front of the main door are the stairs. Up the stairs on the left is my room and then Tadaaki’s. Across the hall is the Room of Consequence. And then downstairs on the right is the dining room and behind it the kitchen and Yeona’s room, but I… only ever went to the kitchen once.” She subconsciously rubbed her hand. That’s where the boiling water was. “So he may have stuff hid back there if he wanted to keep it from me. 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]
"Yeona was the maid, correct? Would she still be there?"
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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
“I don’t know,” she said quietly. “… if she is, could you ask whoever you send to be extra careful not to scare her? She’s… skittish.”
"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]
Gaius nodded. "Certainly." He hesitated. "Does she have a home to return 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
“I don’t know,” Ky said, voice still quiet. “She was better at staying out of the way than I was, and neither she nor I wanted to risk Aleth noticing her because she was interacting with me or Tadaaki. I only saw her at meals or if she was patching me up. I know next to nothing about her.” She cringed. “I hope she’s okay.”
"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'll see to it she's well, if she's there. And that she gets where she needs to go or comes here if she has nowhere."
"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
“Thank you.” Ky dipped her head. “I really appreciate 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]
Gaius nodded. "We'll have Aleth's system dismantled soon enough."
"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
“Hopefully,” Ky agreed. That’d be no small miracle in its own right.
"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]
"Excellent." He leaned back. "Shall we return to dinner, 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
She sighed softly, defeated. So much for being rescued.
"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]
Gaius watched her with a small frown, folding the letters and placing them neatly in one of his drawers. "Or not. What do you want to do, 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
