"No, but four years of it and he still wanted to trust his brother. Michael showed you the same side he showed Sera, and Gaius, and Tomhas. You can't be faulted for believing him."
"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 a little and nodded, accepting the comfort. “…Yeah… that’s true, I guess… and… I had figured out something was off with him… even if I never would have guessed…”
"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
“…it’s hard not to,” she sighed. “I don’t like that he’s toying with me.”
"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 nodded, then sighed. “I wish I never would have told your brother I could see him. Then Michael wouldn’t know about me.”
"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]
"How long could you have hidden it from him? Septimus is an observant fellow."
"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]
"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 was quiet for a long moment, breathing deeply. She was mostly calm now. Just absolutely dog tired. She wished Septimus had never woken her up; wished Tomhas hadn't told her the truth. Life would be so much better right now if she was napping in the arms of the man she'd thought she could trust. But. Well. Severus was nice, too. She guessed.
"...So how does one go about forcing someone through the veil?" she asked after a moment.
"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]
Severus winced. "Oh, that. It's difficult. One has to have a lot of willpower to do it, and be physically strong enough to restrain whoever you want to send through."
"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 frowned, pulling her knees closer to her chest. Michael was like three times her size -- no chance. Unless they ganged up on him, maybe.
"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 not a good way to go," he mused. "I'd rather they just burn my bones."
"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]
"Well, that's the other way to get rid of one of us. A Lord asked to be cremated some years ago and apparently he also wanted to remain, but no sooner had he settled into this plane than the funeral happened and he went up in ash the second his marrow caught.
"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
