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“He’s a Governor, sir,” she murmured very quietly. “He-I-“ she shook her head. He was untouchable.

(I do not know what is feasible in your lore lol he’s king in canon. Obviously not that. But as high as can go while still being realistic in him ...

She was being a bitch. But. She stood up and walked to the door, hesitating a long, long minute before she went out. She wouldn’t send them yet. She’d think ...

“Yessir.” Ky ducked her head. It probably was best for her to be spilling her guts like this early on. He’d be angrier if it took her a long time ...

Not to mention… she didn’t want to. He said he was taking her feelings into account, but he wasn’t. He was taking his own feelings, and the feelings he wanted ...

Ky cringed and nodded. Gods. She was just as bad as he was — throwing him to the wolves to be tortured. She knew what she was doing… so why ...

Would that be too harsh? Punishing him through silence? It’d probably hurt him to be skipped by both daughters. But. Well. Fuck it. She’d answer him if he was making ...

Ky answered her little brothers next, drawing them each a fresh picture as well. Peter got a picture of the two of them holding hands and walking through a field ...

Ky shivered a little, feeling guilty that she was getting him in trouble. Serious, serious trouble. “I… don’t think he’d try anything here, sir. He’ll stay in character. But, well…” ...

“I’m not lying!” She tensed as she caught the sideward glance. “He-that’s what made him notice me. He mistook me. But, then — my township doesn’t use last names but ...

Ky decided to tackle the Herculean task of answering Anneliese’s letter next. She kept having to skim through it to pick out the many talking points her little sister had ...

“That… was another lie,” she admitted sheepishly, glancing away. “I actually got taken by Makata — the ruler down in Lytias. He took all the kids eleven to fifteen for ...

the day it’s safe for me to come home to you all. Love, Ky It still felt weird to say that. Awkward. But. She supposed the first I love you’s ...

“Yessir.” Ky ducked her head. That she could manage. A rather low bar, as it were. It didn’t answer what she’d done wrong, though. Aleth was too prideful; Tadaaki too ...

How generous. Ky kept that dry remark to herself and instead said after a pause, “… honestly, that’s one of the bigger compliments I’ve heard from him. He doesn’t call ...