Shady

“Yes.” She nodded, resisting the urge to add until he’d started asking. He didn’t need criticism. As awkward as this was, she could appreciate he was making an effort. “… ...

“I… guess so, yes,” Ky agreed with a nod. She supposed she treated adults different than she did children. Although teenagers were just young adults. It’s not like they were ...

She nodded skeptically. Was this his attempt at denying he’d just called her annoying?

She furrowed her brow at him. Was he calling her difficult? Was he trying to upset her, to see if she’d be honest about it? “What’s wrong with talking to ...

She blinked at him, perplexed by the topic they’d somehow ended up on. “I… mean…” She shrugged. What an odd thing to say. “I’m just a person.”

“Yes?” She really didn’t know what the right answer here was. But if he wanted honesty… “I… wasn’t grading you.”

“No?” Not until now anyway. Now she felt very, very awkward. And didn’t know what to do about it. Her gut reaction was a compliment, but those always upset him. ...

“What?” She looked at him, startled. He was doing well at whatever it was, obviously. But she didn’t have any idea what he was asking about.

Ky followed him, glancing around. Were they… done? Or did he have something else on the agenda? She didn’t know. She’d walk with him, for sure. She just didn’t know ...

Ky gestured and smiled. “Ready when you are.”

“That’s good.” Ky nodded. “I’ll look forward to it.”

(Yeah very true. Poor kid) Ky nodded. That was a little disappointing. She’d hoped birds would make the trip faster than they did. But, then, she supposed it wasn’t all ...

(Yeah… you know, now that I think of it, poor girl might think something’s wrong with her and go to Sera anyway. “I know it’s supposed to happen but it ...

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(Haha fair — I’m sure you did great tho!) (Honestly just decided that on the spot, but I feel like it makes sense. She didn’t have a mom and got ...