"The tunnels!" He said immediately, a wide grin spreading across his face. "Yes! How cool; did you like them? Did you go down any of 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
Oh. So apparently they weren’t that much of a secret, if he was talking about them so freely in front of so many people. She smiled. “They were cool! We went down one… I’d like to go down others…” the closest she’d ever get to making a request.
"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, absolutely! We should go exploring sometime. I can show you the crazy dead guy--" He lowered his voice. "And the weird secret nursery, and the secret brewery."
"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
That all sounded so spooky. She wasn’t sure how she felt about the corpse or the nursery, but she wasn’t one to admit that. So she nodded a little, still smiling at the thought of getting to go exploring with her father. “Can’t wait!”
"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
Ky glanced at the soldiers again, still confused why he was talking about this in front of them, then looked back at Tomhas and answered quietly, “the one to the bedroom. From the library.”
"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 glanced back at them. "You don't have to worry; I trust these gentlemen with my life. They're not going to spill about anything. The one to the bedroom is a great passage though! Lots of stories about that 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
"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]
"Not at all! That's one of the less ominous corridors, actually."
"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]
"I had the good fortune of knowing the fine ladies who occupied that room, actually. Gaius did, too. They were our great-grandaunts."
"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?” She looked at him curiously. “That room seems like it’s been abandoned for eons.”
"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, they both moved out decades ago but Gaius kept it available for them until they both passed."
"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]
"Aunt Evelyn and Aunt Belle were great; they were always so sweet. And Aunt Belle always had candies in her pockets that she'd slip to me, Gaius, and Cecily--never to Michael."
Spoiler
Starting off my novel with a bang
"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
