Tim knocked and, upon being invited inside, stepped in and shut the door behind him.
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
Ky turned. Well. She supposed… fine. She’d wander. She headed back down the stairs.
"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 artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
(Same — wanna skip on this one too? I’ve got no real plans tbh)
"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 artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
(Hmm… do you have any ideas? I don’t have anything particularly in mind… could always do another Sara scene if she’d have thought up new questions? Dunno. I’m down for whatever honestly)
"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 don't think Sara is put to directly provoke Ky. I'm not completely sure where to go.)
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
(Yeah fair… maybe when they get the letters in return? Or is that too far ahead?)
"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]
(Nope that works for me! Gaius will be getting his leg amputated probably the same day just to get that out of the way)
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
Ky excitedly hurried down the hall. It hadn’t taken nearly as long to get a response as she’d been anticipating. She couldn’t wait to see what they said. To all of this. Her revelation about Rönn and the troll and all that. But mostly to read that they missed her as much as she missed them and that they couldn’t wait to see her in two weeks when she made it home.
She’d been doing somewhat better in eager anticipation of the letter. Less sulking, though still uneasy around Gaius and wary around Sara until the challenge ended. But. Well. Perhaps it hadn’t been the absolute worst thing to have happened.
But her mood was the highest now that it’d been since she got here. Before that, even. Since before she got stabbed. For now, she was getting to have parents again. A family. See their handwriting and get reassurance that they still cared about her.
"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]
Gaius was sitting in his study, having sorted Ky's letters and Lyra's letters from their family into separate piles and placing his own in the center. He set the other two off to the side. There was only one letter each from Tomhas, plus the ones from Anneke and the children for Ky and Lyra. Gaius also had letters from the other Lords, the Counts, and the King to sort through.
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
Ky took a deep breath and forced her energy to calm, hesitating outside his office for a long moment. She needed to not be a pest. She took a moment to compose herself and then knocked.
"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]
"Enter," Gaius replied, picking up the seal from Tomhas.
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
Ky pushed the door open and stepped inside but then stopped rather than approach his desk. It still made her uneasy to be in here. She flashed a quick smile, mask cracking ever so slightly to show her eagerness as she nodded to him. “Hello!”
"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]
"Hello." He held out her pack of letters, noting with annoyance that his good hand was trembling. It had been doing that all day--today he was getting his leg amputated and for some reason it was getting to him. He was a nervous wreck, though he'd never let it show outside of this damned shaky hand.
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
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