Shady

“Could you now?” she asked. “Are you free to travel?”

“Okay!” She nodded again. “Will do.”

Ky shrugged. “It’s okay… I suppose I should be grateful I’ve gotten to see so much of the world. It wouldn’t have happened if I’d stayed home…” Not worth it. ...

“… okay, yeah.” Ky nodded once. “I’ll write a little one. It won’t take me long.”

“I mean… Austraka,” she said sheepishly. “…though I suppose that one did become a bit confusing after… well… you know. It’s different.”

“…I understand,” she said reluctantly. “… but he gave me the choice to come here. He’ll let me choose to go back… will you tell him that I want to? ...

(Haha fair. I think I’ll shift it, then. Keep Pratik in canon and make Ky be innocently from Earth haha) Huh. Weird. Things really must be different here — he’d ...

(Hahaha poor kid) “But he’ll want us home,” she said. “We’ll be careful. Obviously Sara won’t be traveling without a guard, right?”

“He’s a merchant,” she said. “Does a lot of traveling. I’ve been everywhere it feels like… though I’ve never been up here before, so that’s dramatic. But through all the ...

(Oops haha yes my boy Pratik is also from Beirania)(Altho ig I did say I was gonna wipe their memories so… Hm…) “So what’s the source of the magic? Nature? ...

“So, spirits, then?” Pratik asked. Perhaps that explained it. Although sorcerers didn’t have this effect. At least not back home. Maybe Earth was different.

(Oh nuuuu Anneke BAD you can’t just abandon a newborn for Ky)(she will be SO unhappy if Anneke takes the risk rather than her haha) “I am,” she said, inclining ...

“Mm.” Pratik squinted at her. That didn’t add up. You didn’t just use magic by accident. She knew where it was coming from. Why wouldn’t she tell him?

“A slave?” she asked, glancing over at him. She figured that’s what he was asking, so she answered, “yes. I’d never been more than a few hours from my home ...

(Hahaha) Ky hesitated, feeling her heart sink a little. That meant she had a full month left to wait before they could even get started on the trip. And that ...