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(ah, okay, perfect!) "I didn't realize that," Ky murmured. She supposed she should have known that -- but Aleth had had her memorizing minute details about the Ashes and the ...

(Omg the quote gen just spit out this gem: "It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be." — Albus Dumbledore basically the tl;dr of this ...

She smiled a bit, reassured by his words. She was gentle with her kitten and she did enjoy being around his children. So, maybe he was right. Maybe she was ...

Ky shivered slightly. She didn't like the idea of growing up cold and bitter like Lord Ash seemed to be. "I want to be kind," she murmured. She'd worked so ...

Ky sniffled and nodded. “Thank you.” It was nice that he didn’t fault her for her meltdown. Even though it was, in fact, her fault. But she appreciated his patience ...

(Ah she meant Michael by that comment, not Gaius! Sorry for not being clear lol) Ky kept sobbing for a while, but she slowly calmed herself, soothed by Loquitur’s kindness. ...

(Night!) Ky started to get herself under control, but his words of sympathy brought a fresh wave of emotion crashing into her. “I don’t want any of this,” she sobbed, ...

Ky wasn’t even sure what she was crying about. It felt like everything and nothing at all. At the same time. It wasn’t like anything bad had happened to her. ...

It was all the encouragement she needed. Ky clung to him for dear life, sobs racking her entire body. She felt like she should apologize for how stupid and weak ...

Ky darted forward on an impulse, going for a hug, but she caught herself at the last moment and stopped short. She needed to remember her place. She couldn’t abuse ...

She’d made him angry. She swallowed hard, chest tight. “I…I…I don’t like him,” she admitted, a bit lamely. “But if I go and start thinking I’m better than Lords I ...

Ky’s legs locked of their own accord, leaving her frozen in place as she started at Loquitur in a horrified silence. She couldn’t believe he was going there . How ...

Ky didn’t know how to reply to that. She couldn’t think of a valid reason why the king couldn't anything he wished. And she certainly wasn’t going say he couldn’t. ...

“I…” She blinked at him. How was she even supposed to answer that? “No… I mean… no… I mean…” Her brain was short-circuiting. “I mean, I suppose you could be ...

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