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(right?! Thankfully this is only the second time it's happened to me haha I'm usually so paranoid but this was a different platform than I've ever used and I was ...

(I am HUMILIATED omg I cannot I was on a video call with my brand new doctor rn like an intake and I hit hang up and instantly deflate from ...

Ky walked until they got to the door, carefully positioning them so that the lock would be easy to reach.

"True enough." Ky glanced ahead, trying to determine much further they had to go. And also trying to think of a way to change the topic.

"I wasn't complaining," she answered. She wasn't actually sure whether she wanted a smaller one or not at this point. It felt terribly ungrateful to ask for a different room, ...

Ky nodded in agreement. That's just as Sara had said. And she didn't feel as if she was betraying her in telling Gaius that, since Sara had mentioned that Gaius ...

"Oh." That meant it was Michael's bedroom. Septimus's. No wonder he didn't want to stay there. "That makes sense... Sara probably wouldn't like it, anyway. She said she was as ...

Ky glanced down the hall, continuing with a steady pace now. "You don't stay in the master bedroom?"

She didn't pull away, waiting to see if he wanted a little support still or not. "I kind of want to see it but I almost hope we can't, so ...

She dipped her head obediently and started forward again.

Ky nodded, hesitating on the landing to see if he needed a break again. “If there aren’t gods, there are always men willing to play god.”

Be luckier if they didn’t exist at all. “I suppose so.”

Ky nodded and grumbled under her breath, “they wouldn’t help if they were.”

“Led by giant trolls?” she asked skeptically, then realized it was an asshole thing to say. Gaius was very, very proud of his Keep. She shouldn’t be doubting it. At ...

(Awww poor guy — you’re so mean to him haha) Ky realized she was trembling, ever so slightly, and quickly resumed walking in hopes he wouldn’t notice. Maybe a bit ...