“I mean… Aleth.” She furrowed her brow. “I know he can’t hurt me anymore” — so long as she didn’t venture too near his bones — “but if people like him exist, I don’t doubt other things do, too. What if trolls come to the Keep just because they can tell I’m in there?”
"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 could ask Myna about trolls, I'm sure," Sera mused. "But I think they have to be able to see your aura to tell there's anything wrong."
"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 mean that if Myna didn't look at you, she wouldn't be able to see your aura."
"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
“Hmph…” Ky was quiet a moment. “Cowardly to stay in my room” according to Septimus, “dangerous to come out. Great.”
"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 not cowardly," she said in surprise. "I wouldn't recommend it, but it isn't cowardly."
"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 furrowed her brow. “I’m just hiding in fear like a coward.”
"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]
"Fear and inaction doesn't make a coward," Sera said firmly. "What makes a coward is putting others in harm's way deliberately to protect yourself."
"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
“…like hiding behind people rather than facing a threat head on?” Cause she’d done that, too. Twice. Letting both Sera and Tomhas stand directly between her and a troll she thought wished her harm.
"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." She shook her head. "Because we weren't in harm's way, and frankly there's nothing you probably could have done even if we were. Myna's a big woman, 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
“… that’s true,” Ky allowed. She wasn’t very good at fighting. Certainly not someone as big as a troll. Half-troll. Whatever. They were all in danger if Myna was a threat, no matter who was standing in front.
"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 nobody blames you for anything. You're not a coward."
"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 still wasn’t true. But it wasn’t a fight she was willing to take up on Septimus’s behalf. So she nodded instead, burying her hands in her pockets 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]
"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 sighed softly and thought back to the heart boxes. There was a time crunch on that. She needed to stop pouting and pick one. “…It’s best to pick a box before we 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]
