Shady

“Ooh!” Pratik nodded. “There’s next to nothing redeemable from that place, but their craftsmanship is excellent, I’ll give them that.”

“That’s what counts,” Pratik said with a little smile. “What’s your favorite thing up there?”

“I haven’t,” Pratik answered. It was another of those things he was being careful of. Didn’t want to appear to be snooping. “Have you?”

“Mm.” Fine. Pratik took a deep breath and held it for a moment, then let it out, forcing his shoulders to relax a bit as he did. And again. He ...

He was making him uneasy. Of course he was. Who wouldn’t be nervous around an agitated mercenary? Obviously he wasn’t going to hurt Rickard. They both knew that. At least… ...

Pratik glanced at Ada again then walked past her wordlessly, following Rickard. He didn’t need a babysitter. And he didn’t want to do this. To be coddled. Taken to a ...

“Alright.” Pratik glanced at Ada, then back at Sera and sourly buried his hands in his pockets and planted his feet to curb the desire to follow them. “Fine.”

Pratik inhaled and looked at Rickard with a sigh. They were trying to get rid of him. Maybe he wasn’t doing as well as he thought. Fine. He truly wanted ...

No hovering. No hovering. He needed to just stay… three steps behind them. That was reasonable. Not in her personal space at all. Far enough it’d be hard to catch ...

( xD anxious boi want something to stab but there is nothing to be stabbed)(in the absence of violence there is… angst?) Pratik took a step backward to give them ...

Pratik had managed to stay out of Ada’s personal bubble, barely. But was still standing guard and ready to do literally anything she asked at the drop of a hat. ...

“Of course.” Tadaaki dipped his head and gestured encouragingly.

Tadaaki watched them uneasily but didn’t comment. That… seemed… he didn’t know what it seemed like. It just… hm.

“I couldn’t agree more.” Tadaaki nodded vehemently. “It’s… not possible to undo… Aleth.” He sighed, but looked at Aashi and took her hand to give it a squeeze and offered ...

“I appreciate that.” Tadaaki dipped his head and offered a little smile. It was nice Sara knew how to respect boundaries. “I’m very glad to see how many people Ky ...