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"I'm sure," she agreed sympathetically, nodding as she leaned back to sit down on the ground in front of him. "It's tough not having people you can talk to. You ...

(I just put it in the OOC quotes thread lolol) Ky blinked at him, startled at the offer. It was like she was building an army of people eager to ...

This was an OOC commentary, but I feel like it still counts xP Who knows, maybe her absolutely bizarre new family and adopted cannibalistic cryptid will help her out

(xD what a wild sentence haha) Ky cringed a bit at the memory, blood flashing across her mind's eye before she could stop it. "Yeah," she murmured softly. "My uncle ...

She tensed at the noise, but was, again, thankful that he didn't look at her when he did. It made it feel like he wasn't angry at her. She couldn't ...

(wooooo xD) Ky nodded, very, very gently pressing the poultice against his hoof and tying it in place, awkwardly, with a scrap of the bandage.

Pratik looked at the sky, too. "I think we can make it a bit further before we need to make camp for the night."

"Really?" she perked up. "Where?"

(This just in, Marrow Man adopting her, too xD) "But you didn't kill me, when you could have," she countered, hesitating with the poultice, not sure if she needed to ...

She smiled a little at that. She didn't think anyone would ever pay her a higher compliment than comparing her to either of her fathers. It made her feel nice ...

That made her heart ache for him. How dehumanizing this had to have been for him, forgetting his very name. She'd assumed no one else called him by it, which ...

"I'm sorry!" she said hastily, fear surging through her that she'd offended him. "I-I just thought -- I didn't mean -- it's not any of my business, I'm sorry."

"I'm sorry to hear that," she said sympathetically, meaning it. "... what's your name?"

(Ky: 2 for 2 making grumpy old men laugh at her xD) She flushed, feeling even stupider now that she'd said it aloud, getting flashbacks to calling Gaius a mindreader... ...

(Gaius: can read her brain Marrow Man: can smell her fear Poor Ky xD This lowkey reminds me of when I had to get a surgery and they had me ...