“Yeah.” No. She’d frozen her balls off. And her bladder hurt most of the time because she was unwilling to pull her pants down to pee when she had to so she was just holding it for hours on end instead. It was fucking miserable. “I’m pretty tough.”
"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]
"So I've heard." He nodded. "One has to be when they're not used to the environment, I suppose."
"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]
"Hot or cold, people have trouble adjusting. They've got to be tough about it." He tended not to be.
"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 nodded. She'd never admit she struggled with it. Though she supposed it made her feel better to hear him say as much. "Yeah. It... is different, for sure. Body has to figure out how to keep warmth instead of sweating it out like normal."
"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
"Yeah." She nodded, not sure what else to say about the subject. She'd be glad to get back to the South, though she had no interest in going home. Why should she? The only people she wanted to see were with her. Good riddance to that hell. "The snow is... different."
(Ironically in canon I think I mentioned this Aashi is actually Jerica's best friend. She's got a similar personality here as in canon and I thought it'd be a good fit for Tadaaki and was too lazy to make up a wife for him from scratch but I almost had her refer to Aashi as being one of the people she missed haha)
"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
"That's good." She nodded, though she couldn't even remotely understand that sentiment. "Doesn't seem like you've got much choice in the matter regardless."
"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
Jerica nodded again. She felt like she should offer another topic of conversation. But a tiny, tiny voice in the back of her mind vaguely remembered she wasn't actually supposed to be talking to this man. Best not to encourage a conversation. She didn't want to be in trouble.
"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, I'll let you get on with your exploration." He shifted his weight on his crutch and limped toward the shelves. "Don't get lost."
"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'm sure my babysitter knows her way around," Jerica said dryly, turning away. Well, that had been relatively painless.
"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]
Gaius stopped in front of the atlases, pulling one out and tucking it under his arm. Then he moved on to another section.
"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]
