(crosspost)

Fialleril’s story was even better than I expected. Seriously, how do people write something that beautiful. 

 

“There are as many Ekkreth stories as there are slaves on Tatooine, which is to say, there are stories without number, and more every day.”

 

Seriously, if there was no plot at all, I’d be quite satisfied with just the prose. But there is plot! and characterization! and thematic resonance! and… and… philosophical coherence, I guess, is what I want to say. It’s not preachy, g-d defend, but it’s… idealistic. Sort of. I’m not sure what I’m trying to say. Words, what are they.

 

It’s Passover. Stories about freedom and liberation from slavery are very timely. (Though really, when are they not?)