“Oh.” Ky hesitated. She rubbed her face, then was distracted from her nose insecurity and let her hands go back to her sides. “So… why can I?”
"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]
"Your guess is as good as mine," she replied. "Nobody has ever seen us before." Abel looped an arm through his wife's. "We've been utterly unbothered. Except when others come through at the same time."
"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
Ah. Right. Ky’s ability to bother people transcended death. “Wait… so there are others?”
"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]
She nodded. "Plenty. It just depends on what time it is, whether the veil is thin, whether the person is at rest--and their bones have to be here, of course."
"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 was so bewildered. Ghosts were real? That must mean— “So… paradise isn’t real? You have to stay… here?”
"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, you just sort of mingle with the world around you. Become one with everything. You're spirit dilutes." She smiled slightly. "It's not an exact science. Since the gods went to sleep most of us seem to just...choose between staying and going. The middle ground is where we stay, but we can manifest every now and again."
"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]
"Going on, returning to the fold, as it were." "Some of us stay because we don't want to be apart." Abel glanced at Liesel and smiled slightly.
"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 was endearing. But not enough to cut through her distress or curiosity. 8 Or budding hope. “Can you come back after you went? If I went back home would I be able to see my Papa again?”
"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]
She shook her head. "A choice is a choice, as far as I can tell."
"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 deflated. Papa would have made that choice. That was the whole point.
"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]
Her brow furrowed. "Sorry to disappoint, my dear."
"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’s okay. I hadn’t expected to see him again until thirty seconds ago.” She shrugged. And then the gravity of the situation hit her. “Wait! Does-does that mean… like… you’re just gone after that? No paradise? I-I’ll never see him again? Even after I’m dead too?”
"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]
"Unless he's chosen to stay behind." She gave a sad little shrug. "He's a Northerner, yes?"
"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
“We’re from Austraka.” She said miserably, slumping against the wall so it could support some of her weight as her throat burned. Her life kept getting worse and worse. “And he didn’t. I know 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]
