Shady

“Hm… I don’t know that he would,” Pratik said. “As you said, there are significant consequences. He’d be stupid to take the risk himself. He actually has a reason for ...

“W-we heard L-L-Lor… Ash… is… m-merc…iful to people L-like us,” he managed, legitimately struggling. “W-we weren’t… sure… i-if the o-oth…ers… w-would s-sell us… back.”

(Ahh thanks! I was thinking Ulric and knew that was wrong haha) “I’m aware,” Pratik said gravely. “If this is how I go out, I’m content. Fuck him.”

Aleth had been laying with his eyes shut and teeth clenched, getting progressively more irritated. Ky was always so annoying when she got this way. He usually tried to stop ...

“No.” Sadie scoffed and shook her head. “It’s stupid to try. Have fun with the rabies.”

“So, uh…” Sadie looked over at them as they got to the hall. “…you ever catch a penguin before?”

What a bizarre person. Sadie glanced at Berry, trying to gauge what they thought of it all, then stepped towards the door.

“They will,” Pratik said firmly. He’d already decided that much. “The instant Ash says I can — or the instant I’m not longer on his payroll and can do as ...

Tadaaki’s gaze was still locked on Ky. His body hurt and trembled and he was as confused as she was. But he was mostly just scared. And mostly for her. ...

“Bad,” she whimpered, breathing shaky, but she did hold that breath ever so slightly longer, doing her best to obey. She took another deep breath. That one hitched in her ...

She was breathing too fast again and squeezed her eyes shut tightly as if that would make this less scary and confusing. But it did nothing to make the swaying ...

“Hah, absolutely not,” Pratik said, shaking his head. “You remember Tarr…”

“Bad,” she repeated, but her voice was weaker that time. She hooked her arms under the edges of the stretcher, deciding she was going to… to… fix this. This bad. ...

“I… don’t…” He shook his head. “Don’t… know.” He genuinely couldn’t remember at this point. He was fairly certain his entire life had consisted of walking in the snow. There ...

“True enough,” Pratik agreed.