“Yeah, I guess.” Jerica shrugged. “I dunno. Ky told me not to talk to him about it so I didn’t… much.”
"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]
"Okay? Why weren't you supposed to talk about it?"
"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 he was being all annoying about it.” She shrugged. “I dunno. Ky wouldn’t really tell me what was up but you didn’t notice how cold she was to him by the time we left? I dunno what he did to her but it clearly hurt her feelings. I don’t know shit about emotions and that much is clear even to 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]
"I didn't notice," he admitted sheepishly. "I was...distracted."
"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 barely stopped herself from correcting him. Instead she hummed for a moment then glanced away. “I doubt she’d be honest with you about that part, what with him being your brother and all you’ll prolly take his side over hers but… yeah I dunno.”
"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 wouldn't," he disagreed, straightening his back. "She's my daughter. Maybe he's right, but maybe not. Gaius has been wrong before."
"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
Jerica glanced over at him, not sure how to respond. “I mean… yeah. Of course. But no one in that Keep seems to think so.”
"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
"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 really think she'll be afraid that I'll trust my brother over 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
“I don’t believe you won’t, to be honest,” Jerica said, glancing at him again. “And I don’t think she does, either. No.”
"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]
Tomhas looked hurt at that, and he glanced away. "It won't hurt to ask, though," he mumbled.
"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 just think you need to be honest with yourself and with her.” She shrugged. “Like, genuinely. If Ky said she spoke to Haelar in a dream, and you send Ash a letter asking him about it and he said his little library says that’s impossible and she didn’t… who are you going to believe?”
"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 mean, I don't think he'd lie about that..." He thought for a moment. "I'd ask for specifics from Ky."
"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
“But not Ash?” Jerica challenged, raising an eyebrow. “Ky must prove she’s telling the truth but you trust your brother implicitly? … you see my point?”
"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]
