Shady

“… are they still here?”

(Ohhhh shit haha that never crossed my mind but it’d be in character. He fixated on Ky because he thought she was a little boy that he wanted to rape. ...

Ky looked at him, horrified, as she imagined it. “That’s… awful.”

Ky glanced at him then down the hall and hesitated a long moment. There was no harm in admitting the truth about this detail, right? “I miss him so much ...

“A cat ?” she repeated incredulously. “Isn’t that rather backwards?”

“Oh, uh… it’s okay!” Ky said with a shrug and a little smile. Faking toxic positivity at its finest. “At least we have each other, right? Chosen family and all ...

“No sir.” Ky shook her head and glanced back at him. She needed to get desensitized to thinking of Aleth attached to the term ‘friend’ soon. “I’m afraid not. The ...

She got stuck on the mad things comment. “… like what?” She glanced at him. “…other than attacking eyes?”

“It really is,” Ky agreed. “I’m sure you must have seen so many interesting behaviors by now.”

Ky smiled back at him then glanced down the hall. Gods help them all. Aleth was certainly rotten. But a good actor. So hopefully that would sell it. Ky was ...

“I bet!” She hesitated. “Do they speak to each other? Or just mirror humans?”

“Oh… then I misunderstood.” Ky dipped her head. But she didn’t think that was true. It definitely seemed like annoyance not sympathy. “… it’s nice to hear I may be ...

“I’m fascinated by them. They seem like very intelligent creatures.”

(Hahaha valid) “Oh, interesting! I’d like to watch sometime… maybe… if I’m still here.” Hopefully she wouldn’t be. But. Well. It was interesting either way. Maybe she’d go bother Tomha

“…really?” she asked hesitantly. “He seemed upset when I said I don’t have anyone to go home to.”