Ewan watched her, amused, and followed after a moment to see which ones she gravitated toward.
"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
Rana subconsciously brushed her fingers along the spines of the books, then pulled out a large leather-bound anthology of poetry and looked down at it, admiring the ornate cover.
(I have no plans for this if you wanna adlib 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]
"Those are the works of Mirga Fleetfinger," Ewan said. "A very, very prominent poet in the second century of settlement."
"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
Rana very gently cracked the volume open. "What was... were... their... topic?"
"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]
"She wrote mostly about the lords of that era. It was great publicity or very, very bad for a career, depending on who she wrote about. She was decapitated by one of my ancestors, I'm afraid."
"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
"Sounds like a risky choice," Rana said with a nod.
"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]
"Certainly. But that's why she's so well known--she took those risks knowing full well what might happen. She provided great insight into the politics of the time."
"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 addressed that--an ancestor of his cut her head off)
"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
(What was the offense? Poorly worded question my bad. What did she write about that offended his ancestor enough for a murder?”
"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]
"Ah, she wrote a long lament about the war that Lord Barraster was waging against the Bledroes. It cost a lot of peasants their lives, so she was critiquing the needless civilian casualties."
"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
“Oof.” She winced. “Bold move. Especially if she was in his territory.”
"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]
"Yeah...maybe not the best idea. But his descendants have been trying to make up for it for generations. We've joined the Ashes in pushing literacy and education, and we sponsor a poet who wants to go abroad every five years or so."
"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
“Well, that’s good anyhow. No hard feelings then?”
"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..." Ewan winced. "Well, very hard feelings toward the one who did it and the way his next few successors tried to gloss over it. That's a stain on our family line. But I would say the Barrasters are well liked now."
"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
Teach a man to fish, he eats for a day. Don't teach a man to fish, you eat for a day. He's a grown man. Fishing's not that hard. — Ron Swanson (Parks and Rec)
