Shady

She whimpered again, tossing her head. She was too hot and too cold all at once. “He want me keep… secret… for him… but then… keep secret from… me… why ...

“He lie about Froenig.” She rolled over and whimpered as it shot pain through her entire body. “Make me lie about Haelar.”

“No.” Ky shook her head, still slurring her words and half-asleep. “He been sad. But alive. But then I talk to him and he try die. That’s… that’s co-in…cid…ent on ...

“Yeah. Maybe. Mama still likes me. She say so… unless she lies, too.” She buried in deeper to the blankets. “She may lie. Tom-ather say so too. But then he ...

Ky grunted in protest to that, too, but was too weak to fight it. She felt her consciousness begin to slip away again. She wasn’t sure whether to fight it. ...

”Alright… alright… we sleep… tonight.” She broke off into Austrakan without realizing. “March towards the light… everything is… just right.” She made up a weak, slurred tune she sang

She was met with a similar response, this time with Ky trying to kick her. It was a clumsy movement, though, and weak and made no actual attempt at hitting ...

Ky growled and tried to yank her hand away, sounding feral. “No bite. Bad. You promise. No bite.”

“No Sera,” she grumbled, shaking her head. “Want Mama.”

Ky hissed at her and pulled away, eyes closed. “Bad kitty. No bite.”

“Mamamam… not my bed,” she grumbled, not sure where she was. “My bed… big fur. And put cat. My cat on bed. Me no cat. Where?”

Ky was still babbling incoherently. “No…in…mary mary… yes bed. Home bed. Mama. No in mary.”

“Yeah… I will.” She nodded, resolving that was the case. Even if she had to take herself. She was going home. Soon. And seeing Raina’s first steps.

“I don’t want Sera… want mama.”

“I’m so warm… you take me home? Home bed. Mama.”