"My village were all Outlanders. Many of us from same fishing village back home, in Siberia. We seemed human enough, didn't look or act unusual. They didn't know..." She paused. How much could she say? "Didn't know what we didn't tell them. So. Treat us like particularly expendable serf. Gift to go with bad joke of far-flung island.
"Anyway. Too late now. It's been months, Empire probably burned the place when I had the audacity to win, and taxes stopped coming." She mechanically shoved the rest of the paella in.
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Date: 2024-12-19 01:29 am (UTC)"Anyway. Too late now. It's been months, Empire probably burned the place when I had the audacity to win, and taxes stopped coming." She mechanically shoved the rest of the paella in.