Shady

(ayeee) "Ky was almost dead, sir," Tadaaki said. "I'm surprised if she remembered anything after the escape -- they almost caved her head in."

"Hah!" Ky snorted and shook her head with a smirk. "Good luck getting them to listen."

(heh, not me, still not having a solid grasp of the lore a year and a half in... lemme know if this is out of the alibi, he'd get it ...

"... no sir." Would Bay start with the fingernails or the eyes? Or was he a fan of sheer quantity over efficiency? His ribs, then? They were low-hanging fruit. "... ...

“Yes sir.” Another one he wasn’t sure whether was a yes or no to agree with him. “That’s correct.”

“I did too.” She nodded in agreement.

“I don’t know, sir,” he said weakly. Was Bay outside the door yet? He would be soon. Gods. “I recognize how improbable it sounds… but it’s the truth. And…” He ...

“… that’s true.” Ky nodded. “Pap— my first father wasn’t like that, either. He said life is too short to spend trying to be something you’re not.”

“… now that you’ve said it… yes sir.” He closed his eyes for a moment and swallowed hard, then opened them again. “It looks very, very bad.”

Especially Mattathias. Ky dipped her head.

Tadaaki blinked at him. What answer was he going for here, exactly? He didn’t want to start making things up. But. Well. Holy hell Bay was on his way, wasn’t ...

“No idea.” Ky shook her head. She was quiet for a moment. “Or… well… maybe they have to be? If I had the sneeze of an emotion when I was ...

Ky nodded. “Zander is, too.”

“… we built fires at night?” Tadaaki said hopelessly. “And got really, really lucky. I didn’t expect it either. Sir.”

Ky smiled a little. “Men.”