"Well..." She stepped forward carefully. "Perhaps the religion down that way has a different way of doing things."
"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 won’t matter, if we don’t all go to the same afterlife. I’m up here now.” She rubbed her face, desperately willing the tears threatening to spring to her eyes to stay in her throat instead. “… unless I die down there, I guess…” Maybe the assassins weren’t a terrible idea. She could just go back home and wait. Or not wait. She could just figure out what exactly Papa had done and copied him and look around for a bit and if she couldn’t find him then be done with this whole terrible world once and for all.
"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]
"Have a seat," Liesel suggested in concern. "You look about ready to topple over. Abel, start up the fire, would you?" "With what?" He frowned. "Ah, may I borrow your lamp, young miss?"
"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 bewilderedly sank onto one of the couches obediently and held the lamp out to him, feeling the weight of the world crashing down on her shoulders.
"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 took it and took a small bit of tinder from within, setting it in the fireplace and stoking it up as best he could. Liesel sat down across from her, folding her hands in her lap. "You must have been very close to your father."
"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 enough to make her lose the battle against her tears and huge ones began sliding down her face faster than she could scrub them away. “I thought I’d see him 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]
"Oh, my dear." She shook her head sympathetically. "I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news. But perhaps he's looking over you now in your paradise."
"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
“He’s not, though. Not if-if just… dying forever is an option.” She let out a shuddering breath, scrubbing her face. “He didn’t want to be alive. That’s why he died.”
"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]
"But again--you of the South have different afterlives than us of the North."
"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
“But-but if my bones are up here…” she argued. “It’d hurt Tomhas and Anneke’s feelings if I asked to be buried in the South… unless… can you just… split your bones? Be buried in two places?”
"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]
Liesel and Abel exchanged a glance. "I'm not sure," Liesel said slowly. "That seems....unwise. It might cause issues."
"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 let out a heavy sigh. “…I guess I can just go. Then I won’t miss him anymore… and it’d be better anyway.” Then neither of them would have to deal with this terrible world anymore.
"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]
"No!" Liesel said sharply. "What foolish talk is this, girl?"
"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 shrugged. Then hesitated. “Sorry… I didn’t mean to be insensitive. I… sorry. I shouldn’t have said 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]
"You're far too young to be talking of death," she said disapprovingly. "You've got a long, long life ahead of you. And even this existence..." She turned to Abel, who had come to sit beside her. "Even this existence has its downfall. We've been dead more than seventy years and we're weary already."
"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
