"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
“Mm.” She grunted. “Seems like a more boring version.”
"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]
Viol took a long sip of her beer, narrowing her eyes. "Then what would you suggest?"
"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 mean, if you’re gonna sell ‘em like you do then it’s for work so boring is fine. No point in me doing it, though,” she pointed out. “I’m just bored already.”
"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]
"That's awfully blue blooded of you," she sniffed. "I've had two nobles complain to me about exactly the same thing."
"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 forgot, briefly, that she’d been pretending not to be and was a little surprised at the insult. But then she raised an eyebrow. “And what nobles do you know?”
"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've offered my services to Michael and Septimus Ash, respectively. Both deceased now, obviously."
"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]
Viol nodded in agreement. "Lord Ash the Elder was at least polite about it. The Younger just about laughed me out of the room when I suggested trapping was as worthy a career as hunting."
"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
“As if either of them ever put in an honest day’s work in their life,” she scoffed.
"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]
"Exactly." She banged her tankard down on the table. "The new one's no better. A scrawny little warmonger with his nose stuffed so far up his own ass he can't smell the real shit going on down here."
"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]
"He pretends he cares about us, teaches us to read. But he never comes to the village himself." "Viol," Helge said grimly. "He sends our friends off to fight in a war he started--" "Tom technically started the Tarr war," Helge interjected. "--Tom is a child," Viol retorted. "Or as good as. He shouldn't have been trusted with a Lordship to begin with."
"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 encouragingly, taking it all in. She was all about noble slander.
"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]
"That wasn't his choice to make." "My point exactly. Ash stooping down to a level where he feels comfortable attacking his own half brother was worse than anything Tom's done."
"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
