Shady

She was quiet for another moment. "So you're a herald, too, then?"

"Heh." She shook her head slightly. "You must hear some wild stuff."

She was quiet for a moment. A month ago -- hell, a week ago -- she would have thought he was completely off his rocker. But if she could meet ...

"You're not alright," she scoffed, looking him over. "What happened?"

"What are you talking about?" Ky asked, thoroughly confused and concerned. "Are you alright? Do you need Sera? Or... or... something? What happened?"

"Yeah... well..." She shrugged and stabbed a piece of pasta. "They're coming, like it or not... I do apologize for the outrage you'll probably have to endure, if they're already ...

"...W--?" She looked at him in bewilderment, but made no move to touch him again. "What?"

She was thoroughly alarmed but forced herself to stay calm. To go into crisis mode, which was exactly the opposite of most peoples' crisis mode. Her panic made her calm ...

Ky flinched backward a step, glancing over her shoulder as she tried to figure out what to do. She wasn't good at things like this. Should she run to get ...

Ky lingered in the doorway, staring in fear. "A-are you o-- do you need-- want-- should--Sera?"

"... You're not wrong," she conceded with a nod. "Lots of loud opinions; not much empathy. Unfortunately."

Ky scuttled backward, afraid, staring. "Gaius?" Her voice trembled. What should she do? Was he... having a medical emergency? Did he need Sera? Sara? Did he need woken up? She ...

Ky gaped slightly. "G-Gaius?" What the fuck was happening?

Open the door. Open. the. door. It wasn't a hard order. She braced herself and twisted the doorknob, then decided to make her entrance as loud as possible and rattled ...

"What do you mean by that?"