Ky furrowed her brow, glancing between them, then followed him out the door. She let it close behind them before she asked, voice lowered, “what was 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]
Tomhas was silent for a moment, shoulders hunched as he walked. "She's...not very happy with me. For, you know. Coming here. Risking my men. She said I should have granted your request and sent you home with a larger group of people than what I had..."
"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]
"It's fine." He brightened quickly, putting more of a spring in his step. "It'll be fine." He glanced at her. "So you didn't know about the tunnels before?"
"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
“No.” She shook her head. “Emery — oh, I guess there was that — we were playing the Question Game. And I asked… I don’t even remember. Maybe what his favorite part of the Keep is. So he showed me.”
"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, fun!" His brow furrowed. "Hm, he never told me the tunnels were his favorite."
"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 may have phrased it differently, I’m not sure. Maybe I just asked him the most interesting thing here. 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]
"Well they certainly are. And he's been down there a couple times for sure, but not as much as me and Gaius have."
"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, that’s what he said. That I should ask you for a proper tour of them.”
"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]
"And a tour you shall get! Hope you like cobwebs!"
"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 am quite tall," he said proudly. "But I'm not very wide. I'll do my best." He looked around. "We're near one of the entrances, but not the one to the mirrors."
"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 contemplated making a fat joke, but then decided they would just draw attention to her weight loss and thought better of it. “Where does this one go?”
"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 think..." He paused a few paces down the hall and pushed on a stone. A tiny door opened in the wall. "Yes, this one connects to several. The nursery, a couple bunkers, Aunt Evelyn's room."
"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
“They connected the nursery to bunkers?” Ky scoffed, aghast.
"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]