Shady

“…that’s sad,” Ky said thoughtfully. “She’s so nice, too.”

“I taught him how to bow and how to give me a hug and a kiss and was working on teaching how to count, though that one was going… questionably. ...

“Oh?” Ky looked at him curiously. Sera seemed far better adjusted than the rest of them. Wasn’t she friends with everyone here?

“I did.” Ky nodded. “I trained him and was working on teaching him tricks.”

Ky nodded in agreement. “…I think he and Sera get on well, at least.”

“Prycn,” she said with a little smile. “I spent hours with him every day.”

Ky nodded. “I mean… I brought him with me so he wasn’t here during all that, either. But… I’ve kept him in my room lately, so maybe they’ve forgotten? But, ...

“The kids adore him,” Ky said. “I’m surprised none of them have mentioned him to you.”

“Um… the chickens were named Betty, Chia, and Tyla,” she said. She hadn’t been allowed to name the pig. Papa didn’t want her getting attached to something whose sole purpose ...

Ky cringed at that and looked away. No. Pigs didn’t belong in this Keep. Not after what Michael had done with them. Though she wasn’t supposed to know that. And ...

“The horse was named Prycn. The cow…” She had to think for a moment. It’d been many years since she’d seen either. But she fawned over Prycn like he was ...

"Perhaps you should sign the petition for more cats to be added; the twins have already started a campaign," she said with a little smile.

Tadaaki risked a quick glance up at that, surprised. But... but she was a noble. Nobles weren't farmers. Unless he meant, like, she owned the farm and a ton of ...

"Sure." Ky dipped her head. "He's around somewhere; I brought him with me."

"Yessir." Gods, why was she sir-ing a child ? She took a breath, embarrassed, and continued, "I do. I grew up on a farm when I was little."