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(Wow I didn’t even notice good catch lol) “It is, ma’am.” She dipped her head, still smiling. “I quite enjoyed it when I was young.”

Ky glared at him, stopping. She wasn’t stupid. There must be a reason he was trying to drag her down the hall, but she didn’t know what it was. Did ...

(Haha valid) “No strong preference, ma’am.” She smiled a little. “Freshwater is a bit easier since you don’t have to fight the waves; but the sea is fun for the ...

“What’s at the end of the hallway, Emery?” She furrowed her brow and frowned after him, but slowly slipped her shoes on. She didn’t want to go to anything that ...

Ky smiled a little, glancing at Ash. She was surprised he knew how to swim. Both because of being a Northerner and because she didn’t imagine you’d be able to ...

“Why?”

“I imagine not,” Ky said with a little smile. “It’d be miserable to swim in a climate like this; swimming is only fun when it’s very hot.”

She hesitated, every bit of free will left in her repulsed by the idea of leaving her bed and fighting against the thought. But the bit of her Aleth had ...

“I used to go swimming a lot,” she said.

“I don’t want do!” She buried herself deeper.

Tadaaki felt like an asshole for hiding behind Ky, but, well, she’d been in noble dining rooms before; he had not. He was going to make her pick her seat ...

“Why not?” Her voice hitched. “They both tried to kill themselves because they missed me; I don’t want Tomhas to try again. This…” her breath caught again, too worked up ...

“Yes’m.” Ky and Tadaaki both dipped their heads and started quickly, but cautiously, back towards the table. They had no idea where to sit whatsoever, other than ‘close’ to Lord ...

“They both made stupid decisions because of me,” she insisted, the tears building despite her best efforts to make them stop.

Her smile got genuine for a moment as she shook his hand. Okay he was cute. Tadaaki had a slight smile on his lips as well as he watched, though ...