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(Haha meanie pants) Ky nodded too. Then immediately felt anxious about the silence. Was she supposed to say something else? Should she have a follow up question? Or was this ...

“Ah… cool!”

Ky was glad he didn’t make her second guess that one. “The library? Is it… on second and fourth too, then?”

Godsdamn him. She’d made a decision and then he made her second guess it and now she was second guessing her second guess and… “… the library?”

Guessing the right answer was getting increasingly more difficult. Neither her initial answer and her corrective answer seemed to please him. Not that he seemed displeased in general. But also ...

It was the wrong answer. She didn’t know why. But he didn’t respond. So it was. Did she not seem enthusiastic enough about the orrery? She didn’t know how to ...

She felt like she was going to feel stupid as long as they were up here and was more than willing to move on. “I’m quite looking forward to the ...

“No, that’s okay. Thank you, though!” She smiled again. She didn’t understand what she was looking at now so it wouldn’t mean anything to her to see it at a ...

(yeah sorry my bad haha) “Oh.” She still didn’t understand, but gave a little smile and nod. “Cool!”

(Ah sorry I was distracted not sure that actually makes sense, I was meaning her asking if the telescopes and observations were done from Serpent Keep but he said East ...

Ky nodded. “Here?”

Ky furrowed her brow. “How do they know?”

“It’s very impressive,” she said in wonder, staring at it all. It was so big!

Ky gaped. “What?”

Ky looked at him warily, a tentative smile on her face, then took a deep breath as instructed as she looked back at the door.