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Right??? I lost all of my bragging rights when I was asleep

Ky didn't miss the hypocrisy, but she looked between them and nodded gently. Conflict seemed even harder to palate just then than soup. She'd done worse things under command before ...

"No thank you," she murmured. She'd eat if she had to. But she didn't feel like consuming anything at all.

Ky flushed a bit, not sure how to respond to that. She couldn't very well lie, seeing as she'd all but admitted the truth to Gaius, so he'd know if ...

She felt a strange sense of calm. Validated. Seen. Heard. And allowed time and space to air her grievances. 'Better' seemed like a strong word, but in a relative sense, ...

Ky tried to return the smile, but it was more of a grimace than anything. Somehow he was reassuring her more than she'd known he was capable of. Maybe Anneliese ...

Ky nodded. She wanted so badly to believe that he was right. Wanted to let her guard lower and let someone else take responsibility for her emotions like Papa used ...

Ky furrowed her brow, considering this. He was pulling the bookworm card, eh? She kind of hated that he was right about it. She supposed she'd find this tale riveting ...

Ky looked at him for a long moment, not quite sure what her emotions were doing. Somehow, that was one of the most comforting things that she felt like he ...

"It does when that's what ends this." There was an edge to her voice. She hadn't meant for there to be, but there was.

She looked up at him guiltily, meeting his gaze for a beat before she dropped her eyes again. She heard it. But she didn’t know how to answer it. “I ...

She squirmed under his gaze, not meeting his eyes. “…I thought it’d help.”