Shady

“Do you know what an—?” That was a dumb question. And forced her to say the word. But obviously anyone who lived here would understand it. “The thing upstairs? Do ...

“Thank you.” Ky smiled, but it was a little sad, as it struck her that she’d now been away for her parents for more time than she’d officially had with ...

“Yes, ma’am,” Ky said with a little smile, dipping her head. “As of about three weeks ago now.”

Ky’a smile faltered for a moment, but she forced it back. “Kind of. I’m Gaius’s niece now. I’ll be living here for a while. So just a long visit I ...

“Oh, wow!” Wait, so there were jobs that paid you for reading books? She liked the thought of that. “That’s really neat!”

“You as well!” She grinned again. “… what does that mean, if you don’t mind me asking? I’m afraid I don’t know…”

“Nice to meet you.” Ky gave a shy grin and jumped the rest of the way to the ground. “I’m Ky Ruiarc.” She offered a hand.

Ky was singularly focused for a while, but eventually noticed the friendly old woman, and turned towards her with a little smile. “Are you one of the librarians, ma’am?”

(No, it's okay, we can totally do that! I just didn't want to bore you with her rambles haha) Ky wandered around, at first resisting the urge to touch anything, ...

(What are you thinking? Ky is just going to wander around enthralled for an hour or two, then settle down with a book -- but I can RP it out ...

Ky grinned at him. She was, too. She'd expected to be impressed, but it'd never crossed her mind how utterly massive this would be. It was easily five or six ...

“Thank you,” she said, tone making it clear that she’d never been more genuine in her entire life.

Ky hesitated. That was the point of ending here, wasn’t it? She nodded. “Yes, please.”

Ky shook her head with a little grin. “This is amazing. I’m sure I’ll probably live here most of the next few months.” And, with any luck, perhaps she’d forget ...

Ky nodded in agreement, following him in, body language a little slight, as if she was intimidated by the magnitude of it all. Because she was. “I now know what ...