"Um, they want her to go to their... I don't remember what they called it," Ky said. "Their headquarters? To look through their libraries and research this a bit more. Then she's planning to go to the South and start heralding... I think she's getting stressed about how soon the long night will be here." Ky was, too, for entirely different reasons.
"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]
"Then she shouldn't go to the Drummers. She should waste no time at all."
"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…” Ky sighed. “Seems to be pretty set on it, yes. But she said she’d hear Myna out tomorrow… so hopefully she changes her mind.”
"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]
"Hopefully," he agreed. "I could have a word with the Drummers as well, if that would help."
"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 grimaced. “How would they help? They want her to do 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]
"I'll tell them to back off. They'd do it, I think--theyre not the sort to rebel against authority."
"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 scratched her chin, nodding slowly. "That... might help... or it might make Jerica more determined." She sighed a little. "I really don't know... I wish a better god would have picked her... or that she would have said no. Strithr asked her if she wanted to do it; Haelar just told me I had to."
"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]
"But it seems you and Jerica have different mentalities regarding the gods. I suppose it makes sense." He shrugged. "I'll consider intervening, but I'd like to discuss it with her--your-- uncles first."
"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. "... And her. It involves her -- us. We should be part of the discussion." And not, in fact, left out of the loop. As was becoming habit.
"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 nodded a little. "... Thank you." They'd see if he stuck with that. It seemed like he'd discard it in an instant if he suddenly thought she was too stupid to be trusted. Perhaps he'd take her more seriously now that she had a connection to Haelar -- he had said that his herald wouldn't get ignored anymore.
"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]
"Do you know when they other heralds will be chosen?" he asked.
"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
"No." Ky shook her head. "No one's said who or when or why or anything like that... I didn't even know I was getting chosen... well, I guess Myna kind of predicted this... but... well... you know. It's... a lot to take in. I just thought I was going to sleep a few hours like usual -- not talk to a god."
"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]
