"Do you know about Liam?" he asked, glancing at her.
"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 nodded. "Do you know what happened to him? And between him and Tomhas?"
"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… know that Michael killed him and Tomhas saw… but not much else really. Just that Tomhas is upset.” She glanced at him. “…was 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]
"Liam and Tomhas met in the village," he told her. "They were instant friends. Thick as thieves from the ages of ten to fourteen. Sometime when they were maybe thirteen they became something more. According to Severus, Tomhas would sneak Liam here or he'd sneak out and ride to the village to be with him. They'd spend the night together quite often. I expect the night Liam died was the night they took the next step. But that night--they were fourteen years old, mind you--Michael decided he was against their relationship. Maybe because of the class difference, maybe because they were both boys, maybe because he wanted to have fun. But he killed Liam that night while Tomhas was still sleep."
"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 felt sick. She focused on her breathing and keeping her stomach in check. “That’s… awful.” She closed her eyes, but opened them again when her mind’s eye decided to fill with blood. How traumatizing.
"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 nodded. "Took Tomhas a very long time to reach out to anyone after that."
"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 imagine so.” Ky nodded. “That’d be… traumatizing.”
"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 grimaced. “Why is he so terrible? I don’t understand why anyone would do something like 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]
"His mind is a mess, I expect," Severus mused. "It's his nature and his upbringing, both of which are Septimus's fault."
"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 in agreement. “He should have gotten him help. Not just fed him younger siblings and hit him sometimes. It’s obvious that didn’t work. From a young age.”
"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]
"Ky, dear," he said slowly, "I think they should have left that boy in the woods the moment he was born. There was no helping a creature like that."
"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 shivered and pulled her arms tighter around her legs.
"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 wish Oscar had survived," he sighed. "I had a good feeling about that one, even at his age."
"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
