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Ky relaxed slightly and nodded. Good. So it wasn’t just her. Even if she didn’t have the excuse of the staff replacements. “… do you think it would have taken ...

Ky pulled her blanket tighter around herself. “…how long did it take you?”

Ky nodded glumly. Was this supposed to be making her feel better? Because it wasn’t. It was just a reminder that she’d lost everyone back in her township, and also ...

Ky nodded. She didn’t think she was ever going to get used to this room. But she couldn’t say that without sounding ungrateful. “I’m glad.”

Ky flushed, looking at her in horror. She had a bigger room than Sara and Gaius?! But why? That made this room even more overwhelming. And yet. It was nice ...

Ky glanced around, too. She’d gotten comfortable enough to breathe in here now. But she was still terrified of the room, and was always very very careful of where she ...

Well, that was surprising. Ky shrugged. “I’m not hungry… but I know that will worry you, so I’ll eat whatever you’d like. I don’t mind.” Just another trick her mechanical ...

Ky considered her for a moment. “If you’d like.”

“Please.” Ky gestured towards it as well. Why was she asking? This was her house. And therefore her room. Her chair. She was vaguely aware that she looked juvenile with ...

“I’m sorry,” Ky murmured, not actually answering the question. Of course she wasn’t. Which clearly worried Sara. And she was sorry to be inconveniencing her to come deal with Ky’s ...

Ky tried to predict who was on the other side of the door before it opened. It wasn’t Gaius. He wouldn’t come looking for her, she was fairly certain. And ...

She hadn’t moved since she laid down. Literally. Not so much as to roll over. She sighed softly and opened her eyes. She hadn’t slept. That would have been too ...

Ky eventually settled in quiet misery — not caving in and feeling her full anguish, but also making very little effort to do anything about it. It just sat next ...

She wished she could burn the last image of Zander out of her brain. Last image of Papa. Wished she could remember him the instant she laid eyes on him ...

(Sounds good! : ) ) (Lmao gonna have fun with the clash of Gaius and Ky about waiting for Ka’Nor’s opinion haha) She forced herself to breathe deeply. To calm ...