Ky nodded. Not Septimus or Michael, though. The two everyone actually wanted gone. “And sp— each of you may choose when you want to pass on? There’s… nothing that… speeds… it 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]
"Not as far as I know. As I said, you ought to ask the older ones. They'd be the superstitious lot."
"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]
"They fade in and out of existence, as I said. I'd try to learn about their favorite places if I were you."
"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 sighed softly. “Okay… any… strategy to any of this? Or just… wander and hope for the best?”
"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 journals are on the opposite side of the library," Septimus mused. "I'd start there."
"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
“…of the oldest nobles?” She would ask explicit permission before she touched another journal again in her life.
"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]
"Yes, of the oldest nobles. Though I can't guarantee they're still around. As I said, I keep to myself. If they're gone, I wouldn't know about it." He looked back at the books. "But you're focusing on how to stop seeing us, isn't that right?"
"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… guess? So?” She ran her fingers across the spine of a book, brow furrowed. “I… I guess I also want to understand how this all works, too. I think I’m going to remain unsettled even if I can’t see you now that I know you’re all around… and I guess… no offense… but if… it would be possible to… well… I’d just like to know more about… you know…” getting rid of Michael. Permanently. “I just want to understand better.”
"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]
"Mm." He looked back at the shelves. "Funny that you of all people would get this ability. I'd have thought Gaius would get 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
"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]
"It would be literary for him to suddenly be confronted with Michael once again." An expression of bitterness crossed his face. "Terrible for his health, though I think the gods are damaging that just by stirring."
"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
“Yes,” she said, expression drawn. “…This isn’t good.”
"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's only weakening himself with this amputation," he went on. "And if he doesn't sleep, which I know he doesn't, then he won't be at his sharpest when he needs to be."
"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 eyed him. Oh, so now he gave a fuck about Gaius? “…do you know of anything specific coming he should be ready for?”
"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]
Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts. — Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
