Shady

(No preference! Ky is probably going to opt for the sulky route and just be insufferable until Tomhas shows up — even worse than she’s been being. So. Whatever you ...

“Um…” she didn’t know. Now that she’d spilled her guts, what was the harm? It’s not like there was any secret left to tell that was more catastrophic than the ...

(Same — would you like to skip somewhere?)

“Yessir.” Ky ducked her head. She figured. Most people could use her skills. (Ky: I can be useful Tomhas: absolutely not, stop it, be lazy Gaius: Ohoho)

“I…” she took a deep breath, considering. She blushed a little. “Lied about having a bad memory; I have a very good one. I can tell you whatever you like ...

Maybe, for once, she’d stop agonizing about what he wanted and just do what she wanted: to stay in bed for the rest of her life. It’d take Tomhas a ...

“…yes sir.” She dipped her head. Gods.

(I have known him for like five years more than you Sara stahp) She was going to be cold. She knew she was going to be cold. But she didn’t ...

Ky blinked. This man was crazy. Perhaps she shouldn’t have told him. He was going to go off half-cocked and anger Makata and ruin her friends’ lives even worse. Gods.

She closed her eyes tightly and breathed deeply. What was wrong with her? Why was she such an ungrateful twat? Why was she…? Why was he…? Why could not a ...

“If you make him angry he’ll just— he’ll— he’ll hurt them.” She looked at him pleadingly. “Please. My friends are still there. Please.”

That one seemed easier. She set the letters on her dresser and crawled into bed and curled into a little ball. Sulking it was. At least for today.

“Please, sir!” She shook her head rapidly. Gods. Gods, this was — why would she tell him this? Things would get worse. So, so much worse. And all her friends ...

Ky went to her bedroom. She had a lot to consider. Whether she wanted to write Tomhas. Whether she wanted to gaslight him. Them. She could start pretending to be ...

“I don’t know much about him, sir,” she said very quietly. “Once when Borrond was asking if he could execute me, and once when he was giving me to Aleth. ...