Shady

“That’s great.” Ky smiled. “Guess you got lots of lullabies, then.”

“Sorry,” she murmured quickly, ducking her head. Stupid . Why was she always so stupid? “So, uh, what’s your foster mom like?”

Ky nodded slowly. She was being a nosy bitch, but— “So you know how you fit in and all that?”

(Oh wait you did say that my bad) Ky nodded. “Have you… always known?” Zander had a prick of conscience.

(It’s like 50 degrees and has been raining like two hours straight and the water was choppy and so now I’m freezing and seasick even tho it’s just a river ...

(Boats should be illegal >:[) “Not at all.” She blushed that she’d made him uncomfortable. “Sorry. I… yeah. Sorry. I’m at a weird place between farmer, sl-servant, and noble. It’s… ...

Ky flashed a nervous grin. It somehow seemed far more dangerous to joke about the king and the nobility when she’d actually met both. When she was in a Keep, ...

(Haha valid. Honestly I juuuust now picked my novel back up since NaNo… been so addicted to this one xD more dopamine from a notif from this than a blank ...

(Yeah, fair enough you should post this story tho so I can yell at Tarr more xD ) “Understandable.” Ky nodded. “We always had enough, but had to get help ...

(Hahah moooood — it was funny with my creative writing class in undergrad tho we had to write a short story. It is, to date, the singular successful short story ...

(True enough… thankfully this class was filled with my friends that I knew before the class, so they were all nice. The worst part was the imposter syndrome of reviewing ...

(That’s good then! I had a scientific writing class where we did audible critiques and I was always like pls, pls no, just write it on my paper, pls—) “That’s ...

(Aww I’m sorry, that sounds frustrating!) “Except with other farmers,” Ky pointed out, then hesitated and added sheepishly. “Well… I don’t know about up here. But back home—“ dammit �

(How’d it go?!) “No doubt,” Ky agreed with a polite smile. They were quickly veering into dangerous territory. “It definitely made things complicated, though. I grew up on a farm ...

(oof, good luck! That sounds awkward and stressful but I hope it goes well for you!) "Um..." Ky hesitated an awkwardly long moment, looking at him, then at Zander, then ...