Aeron nodded with a heavy sigh, taking another drink. “Well… how have you been aside from all 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]
She shrugged. "Brownies have got into my cottage; they're insufferable. Iron shavings don't seem to be working. Last week they even stuck a ribbon on Ruben." Ruben was one of her newest strays, a plump black-and-white tomcat with a love for chasing down redcaps, which he would stun and deposit at her front gate. "Bloody nuisances--I think it's a whole colony."
"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]
"Mm. Papa said I should stop baking sweets, but that's like telling me not to breathe. They see it as a sort of tribute." She wrinkled her nose. "What about you? Been doing any walding lately?"
"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
“Not really.” He shook his head. “I went and got myself a fancy saddle the next town over but that’s all the excitement I’ve had lately. Mostly been keeping out of 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]
"Probably wise in this day and age. What were you doing talking to a Thrush?"
"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
“Just talking.” He shrugged. “It’s what I do.” He smirked a little. “We we’re having a nice little chat about toads n tartberries before they had to go n ruin it.”
"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]
"Toads and tartberries?" She frowned. "What's that got to do with anything?"
"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
“Nothing.” He shrugged, sipping on his ale. “That’s the point. Just friendly small talk. Til it stopped being friendly.”
"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 bizarre. They usually just jump right in."
"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
Aeron shrugged. “Like I said; they didn’t seem all bad at first. Just misled.”
"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]
"And who's going to lead them back, hm?" She sipped at her beer again. "They seemed damn enthusiastic just now."
"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 dunno.” Aeron shrugged. “Not me. Talk of religion makes me feel awkward.”
"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'm not charismatic either. I say leave them be; they'll find their own way if their heart's in the right place."
"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]
