"Ky?" Rönn called up to her from where he stood. "It me."
"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]
"What you doing out so far?" he demanded. "You knows the Marrow Man?" Humtur asked incredulously.
"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 wiped at her face roughly, embarrassed, and hefted herself up to peek out the flap of the satchel tentatively. Was Humtur this worried about Rönn? Or was there an actual threat? She wasn’t sure. “Hey… you have to go, something scary is close,” she urged to Rönn, then glanced towards the troll. “Right?”
"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]
Humtur gave her a blank look, mouth open in shock. "You find all kind of thing to get in trouble with," Rönn said, shaking his head. "Tell him bring you down."
"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 okay,” Ky confirmed to Humtur with a nod. “He’s nice.”
"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 is not," Humtur said emphatically. "He eats people!" "Not so much now," Rönn retorted. "We friend."
"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 smiled a bit at that, wiping at her face again. He thought of her as a friend? That was sweet. She nodded. “Yeah… he saved me last week. He won’t hurt me. I’m sure.”
"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]
Humtur still hung on to the tree, studying Rönn's face, then Ky's. Very slowly, he took off his satchel and lowered it down to the ground with Ky inside, watching intently.
"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 unceremoniously crawled out, standing up and brushing her annoyingly long hair out of her face and straightening her clothes. She looked Rönn over. “What are you doing out here?”
"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 was look for you." He crossed his arms. "I smell you by door but not see you, but I see horse footprint. Why you leave? You try what you father try?"
"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,” she said indignantly, tugging on her coat to prove she was wearing one. Several, actually. “I’m dressed for the weather. And I’m going home.”
"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
“No.” She shook her head firmly. “Serpent Keep is that way. Home is that way.” She gestured the way she’d been going.
"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]
"You not make it. And you father worry. And you uncle. What if you die?"
"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
