Shady

She nodded. That seemed like it would be a fresh wave of anxiety all over again. She’d barely gotten accustomed to living amongst the nobles up here, and now she ...

“What’s it about?” (Our second date also lasted 4 hours and went swimmingly ^-^ going for date number 3 next Saturday!)

“Yessi—“ she narrowly cut herself off in time. She didn’t, really. He was sure to know what she’d been about to say. She forced herself to take a deep breath. ...

“Good to know.” She nodded. “I’ll check it out then maybe once the semester calms down a bit.”

“Sorry.” She blushed a little and looked down, still working on the runes. That seemed like a reasonable question to her. But he clearly seemed exasperated with her. So perhaps ...

"That's good to know; perhaps I'll give it a try. Eventually... does the library have a copy?"

"True." Ky was quiet for a moment, still scratching away into the bones. "...Will you and Tomhas take the families to the same area to be together? Where will you ...

“…Do you think those gods will be unhappy that you all go into their territory for a while?”

Talia sighed, glancing away. “She’s convinced herself it’ll put us all in danger if she does.”

“Ooh! Those sound interesting. Well, I’ve heard Don Quixote can be a bit… long. But I’ve thought of reading the other one. I take it it’s good, if you’re re-reading ...

“Good.” Ky nodded.

“Not together,” Talia pointed out. “Ky’s refusing to come home. And I plan to go as soon as we can.”

“Are you reading anything good at the moment?” Sadie was grateful for the deflection.

“All of you?” Ky clarified, glancing up. “You and Tomhas would go, too, right? Not stay here while everyone else goes?” She doubted that was true.

"Ah... yeah... it's... not that," Sadie said, glancing at him guiltily. "It's very... well... yeah, probably best not to."