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“Hmm… I guess I’ve never really thought about it,” she admitted. She thought for a long moment. No powerful animal made sense to her. And she didn’t particularly feel clever. ...

Ky smiled, following his gaze. “Perhaps you could ask for one?”

Ky grinned at him. “I appreciate the company… you’re far less..” terrifying. “Ah, well… you’re easier to talk to.”

“Oh, it, ah… it was pretty tense,” she admitted. “But then he left. And then his wife followed him—“ somehow it was so much easier to use terms like that ...

Ky nodded. She, also, felt like Ash was mostly the one to blame. But, she knew she didn’t have any business having an opinion on the matter. Not to mention, ...

“I, um, I-I don’t mean to be gossiping.” Ky flushed an even deeper red. She shouldn’t have mentioned that, either. But, then, she’d just been asked a direct question. It’d ...

“Um, yes, I think Ms. Ana might have offended him a little inside,” Ky admitted. “It was, ah……… kind of icy.” Was that an insult? She hoped not.

Ky laughed, then sobered suddenly. She shouldn’t have laughed at that. Never laugh at a joke at Ash’s expense. That was rude . She flushed in an instant, not sure ...

Ky smiled at him. He has an easy air about him. She liked it. “I’ll try my best.”

Ky nodded. Right. No sirring him, either, then. “No one mentioned it, no… perhaps they worried I’d feel guilty about not having gifts to give in return… because I kind ...

“Yes, sir! Thank you!” Was she supposed to sir him ? This was all so very confusing. She hesitated, dread settling over here. “Wait, am I supposed to have presents ...

(Aww he’s so endearing) “No, you’re fine!” Ky said quickly, embarrassed that she’d embarrassed him. “I’m sorry I made this awkward. I’m a girl. I was born a girl. But ...

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“No, not anymore.” Ky shook her head and smiled at him, charmed by his reaction to the praise. Well, now she’d just opened a can of worms, hadn’t she? She ...

“They both were,” Ky said, smiling. “Tomhas said you make the most comfortable binders ever designed in all the North. And that you’re equally good at everything else, too.”