Shady

“For sure. I certainly wouldn’t want him against me.” Ky shivered slightly. How close she’d come.

“No doubt.” Ky nodded. She hesitated a long moment, thinking of the very first time she met him, before she was Tomhas’s daughter. She’d been terrified of him then — ...

Ky thought about it for a moment. “I doubt it. I feel like he’d work to correct the issue that led you to hunger, rather than punish you for it.” ...

Ky cringed and nodded, though her mind flicked towards the prison. She still couldn’t comprehend someone having been imprisoned twice her lifetime. The singular night she’d spent in a dungeon ...

Ky nodded in agreement. “I was terrified when I first met him, but, like I said, he grows on you. He’s actually very compassionate towards innocent people.” The last three ...

“Mm… maybe.” Ky considered it for a moment. Would Gaius do something like that? She wasn’t sure. “I mean, maybe he’s noticed a greater pattern than I have. But I ...

Was she calling herself harsh? Or did she think she fell in the excessively kind category? Ky didn’t know. But she tentatively nodded. “I have no evidence. But it’s what ...

Ky glanced at her, then away. “I didn’t mean anything by it.” Why couldn’t she just keep her mouth shut?

Ky nodded. “Some people are gentle by nature. I feel like abuse takes you to whatever extreme you naturally tend towards — either excessive kindness, or harshness. It’s hard to ...

Ky glanced at her, very narrowly resisting the urge to point out that perhaps she should stop trying to be mean to people and then maybe she wouldn’t feel guilty ...

Ky nodded. “I mean… I’m nothing special. But he seems nice and I’d like to make friends with him if I can.”

“I am!” Ky smiled. “And he’s going to teach me Nortung.” She was pleased Rickard was pleased about his lessons. She’d need to start them soon.

“Should be interesting to be here,” Ky rambled, unable to handle the silence. “Between the reading and the language and the swords.”

Ky shrugged, not willing to argue. She didn’t care enough.

Ky shrugged. “I’d probably be proud if I had a toy like that, too.”