Shady

Table of Contents 1. Kylia. 2. malediction 3. embers 4. shadows of my dejection 5. a haiku i am too lazy to name

I'd never heard this expression before, but it was clearly made for me xD I mentioned this on my wall as a half-joke that I was vaguely considering, but the ...

Ky shook her head glumly. “Tomhas doesn’t have any authority at all in the South. He can’t stop him.”

“Makata,” she murmured. “He was - is? - the ruler of our sector… I think he was getting worried about a potential rebellion, even though there wasn’t even a whisper ...

“I think they’re all still with him,” she murmured, flushing and looking at the ground rather than at Ada. “And I don’t want to have to report that to their ...

“Perhaps,” she agreed, thankful that Ada didn’t lecture her about needing to be the person she wanted to be. “But it might also just open old wounds for no reason. ...

“I don’t know what I am these days.” She pulled her furs tighter around her. “But it’s not the person I want to be… and I guess I’d rather leave ...

“Heh.” Ky kicked at a clump of snow, watching as it exploded in a puff around her boot. Was she still Kylia? Or had Kyber sank his claws too far ...

“I might.” Ky shrugged. “It’ll just be odd to see everyone again. It’s a very, very small township. And the kid that left isn’t anything at all like the woman ...

“It does.” Ky nodded quickly, afraid she was sounding ungrateful. She shouldn’t bring up her past at all. It always made her sound entitled, which she didn’t mean to be. ...

“Once it’s safer, probably.” Ky shrugged. “…it would be weird, though.”

Ky shrugged, sending another glance towards the graveyard as they were passing it. “I don’t know that I’d ever want to see my papa’s… although he deserves to have someone ...

“I guess it helps some people grieve, to have something tangible to remember their loved ones by.” Ky ripped her gaze away, hand subconsciously reaching up to stroke her pendant ...

Ky looked curiously at the graveyard, but didn’t slow her pace. She was interested, but avoidant. There was no way to look at it without thinking of Papa. And not ...

Ky nodded. What an odd thing to say. Did Ada truly believe she was going around letting people hurt her for the fun of it? That was absurd. Of course ...