"I'd eat that," Loren said with a grin. "Can I have a blanket? Or one of your nice socks?"
"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," Aleth muttered, tentatively lowering his hands. "You remember what happened last time -- they'll just take all of it from all of us."
"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 hide it in my trousers this time," he said. "I'll pretend my cock grew back. Please? I'm cold."
"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
"And yet you seem no closer to getting us free than the last time I saw you."
"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]
"Nox is hiding the hole. Nox, show him the hole." Nox shifted to the side with a sigh, revealing a hole that was now big enough to get one's whole arm through, provided the arm was emaciated.
"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
Aleth pushed himself up to a sitting position to squint in the darkness. His entire body trembled with the effort. But it was a marked improvement. He sighed wearily and ripped his bread into three chunks, tossing one to each of them. An investment was an investment. If he wasn't going to die, then he wanted freed.
"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]
Loren snatched his greedily and crammed the whole thing in his mouth. Nox took his with a grim nod and broke off a small piece, which he ate.
"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 leaned back against the wall and took a bite of his own, though his stomach clenched. He forced himself to swallow and wrapped the blanket around his chest, tucking it over his shoulders. He could barely move he was so weak.
"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]
"What'd he do to you?" Loren asked through a full mouth, drooling slightly. "You were in there for what, weeks?"
"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 thought he did the same to you," Aleth said dryly, though he didn't have the energy to inflect as much malice as he wanted.
"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]
"Sure, but treatments vary. I've never been interrogated. Just meaninglessly tortured and mutilated. He grinned again. "You, though, you got special treatment."
"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
"Lucky me," Aleth croaked, closing his eyes and letting his head fall back against the wall.
"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
"For now." His breathing was raspy and uneven. Who knew what the maniac had planned for him next?
"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]
"What are they trying to find out? Is your life really worth it?"
"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
