"The half-troll?" He raised an eyebrow. "Certainly; I'd be more than happy to. Why?"
"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
“‘Cause she wants to come talk to you and said it’d be rude to just show up and said it didn’t count if I invited her,” Ky said. Then realized that didn’t actually explain anything. “Um… about… the… gods…”
"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]
Gaius set down the letter and leaned back in his chair. "What about them? Does she have information that could help us?"
"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
“…Maybe.” Ky fidgeted again. “Um… there… is more than we knew, anyway. Um… ap-apparently Jerica is a herald for Strithr? And-and Myna said we have the same, um, aura? And… and that it might… be… with Haelar… and the ghosts…”
"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 was silent for a moment, processing this stuttered information. "...And what exactly would a herald do?" His mind was racing; it made sense, maybe, if heralding was what he thought it was. It made sense that Ky would be seeing ghosts, at least.
"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 don’t know,” Ky whispered, shrinking. “Jerica said Strithr wants her to go around the continent and tell people he-they- are waking up.”
"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 if you're the herald of Haelar, what does that entail?"
"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
(Yeah ^^ he blackmailed her into telling him by threatening to tell Derik if she didn’t lol)
“…I don’t know.” She looked miserable. “Myna is going to talk to a shaman to see if he can make Haelar leave me alone.”
"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]
Gaius nodded thoughtfully. "Interesting. Very interesting." He got to his feet and limped around his desk. "Has Haelar contacted you like he's contacted Jerica?"
"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, still squirming. “Just… the ghosts. But none of them have said anything or anything. Myna’s just guessing that that’s who it is.”
"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 sounds right..." He frowned. "Hm. That's...seems to me that's not as catastrophic as we'd feared."
"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 worse!” Ky was outraged. How could that possibly be his conclusion? “It means they definitely are waking up! And that they’re coming for me when they do!”
"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 you have Haelar," he pointed out, then stopped himself. "...I suppose I'm not in your position, am I? My apologies."
"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 was still uncomfortable with apologies and squirmed, blushing profusely and glancing away. “It-it’s fine. It’s… I think… we need to talk to Myna…”
"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
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