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Ky repeated it equally slowly, then sped it up a bit, looking at him hopefully. She didn’t want to upset him. But he was going to have to learn patience ...

Ky tried to repeat it, but said it wrong. She tried again, but it went even worse that time. She cringed and looked at him, hoping he’d repeat it for ...

“Good.” Ky nodded, then looked at Ivar, not sure how to ask him how to say it in his language. “What, Nortung?” She gestured vaguely.

She nodded with a smile. “Good.” Ky looked at Ivar, trying to think of how to explain this since she couldn’t already speak his language. It was far easier to ...

"He asked me how I am... I think," she admitted sheepishly. "So that's how you respond." She hesitated. "In Upper Tongue, the question would be 'how are you?' and then ...

Ky smiled, too. "Then in Upper Tongue it's 'good, you?'"

Ky smiled gently, glad she was speaking. “We’re learning to say ‘good, you?’ when people ask us how we are. This is Nortung. ‘Good, you?’”

She smiled and looked at May, switching to her language. “Did you want to learn as well? How to speak Upper Tongue or Nortung?”

“Good,” she repeated with a nod, grateful that they were already starting lessons. Should she offer some in return? She pointed to herself and said in Upper Tongue. “Good.” Then ...

She understood ‘how’ and assumed he was asking how she was, but she didn’t want to assume, since she wasn’t certain and she didn’t want to make a fool of ...

Ky spotted them. She was intimidated to approach without Rickard or Gaius there to translate for her — Ivar seemed to think her a threat to May, even though she ...

She needed to get away from here. It would look like she was trying to eavesdrop if she stayed here, not to mention risking drawing attention to the room if ...

Gods, he looked like hell. Ky quickly pulled the door shut and stumbled away from it, feeling like a lost puppy without a clear direction of what to do now.

“It’s just up here on the right.” Ky gestured at door a few rooms down.

“Of course.” Ky offered a little smile. She supposed she was grateful she could offer Sara another perspective. It must be bewildering to watch the person you care about fold ...