Shady

Tadaaki's breath caught and he tensed. Was he going to get Bay? Gods. What had he done wrong? He'd thought things were going so much better now. But they clearly ...

Ky dipped her head and started up the stairs quickly.

"Thanks." Ky smiled a little, and took a step towards the stairs, then stopped and looked back at her sheepishly. Couldn't just walk away like nothing had happened, now could ...

"No sir?" Tadaaki looked at him. What an odd way to try to trap him in a lie -- just asking him to change his story straight up. "I was ...

Ky hesitated. That was probably best. Sara was clearly offended that Ky was blaming Gaius for his own actions. And. Well. If Anneke was mad at her, then Ky was ...

(I think so, yeah. He definitely knows the true story and I feel like they'd all have a solid understanding of each others' alibis to cover them in situations like ...

"... they could be." She squared the corners again. "... but hopefully not."

"I think he got stabbed trying to protect her," Tadaaki said. "Not sure the specifics... just that she feels very guilty about it, even though it wasn't her fault... Al, ...

"...I didn't feel good after the first." She shrugged, looking down at them as she actively refused to look at Sara. "Don't know how I'll feel after these."

Tadaaki was getting progressively more anxious. He couldn't very well give every single detail there was about a sixteen-year-old human when he'd only known her for the past four years ...

"... must be," Ky agreed with a nod. "I haven't opened them yet."

"She, um, mostly helped him translate for different vendors, but, um, helped me with the wares when there weren't any pending transactions. But I usually had that covered most of ...

Ky picked up the letters from where she'd let them drop on the floor next to her and squared the corners. Right. She still had all these letters left to ...

"Ky, is, um, sixteen. Ryken took her when she was twelve, so it's been, um, four-ish years now. She is very patient and kind. Always. Very much wants to please ...

"... it's good to have goals," she said with a little playful smile.