Shady

Aleth sourly put the armor on. Just as he finished, Ky appeared with his sword. She was slightly out of breath, as if she'd sprinted most of the way, but ...

Aleth forced a tight smile, barely managing to unclench his teeth before he answered tersely, "Thank you." What a fucker. He looked Tarr over. It was painfully apparent that Aleth ...

Aleth got progressively more agitated the longer this spectacle continued. It put an even worse taste in his mouth as he realized that Tarr planned to wear armor for this. ...

Aleth's cheek twitched slightly, wondering if there was literally any way at all out of this inevitable beating. Tarr was doing this on purpose. He wanted Aleth's head cracked open ...

Well, he certainly didn't want to be hit with any of the last few that he mentioned. It made him uneasy to agree to something Tarr was 'quite good' with, ...

"Oh, I got more than that." Rana waved her hand vaguely. Her wallet was packed with them at that point. She just figured seventeen showers would be just enough time ...

My mind. "I don't particularly have a strong preference." At this point, Aleth was becoming increasingly convinced that Tarr wasn't planning on pulling any of his blows. Was it better ...

Aleth stared at him for a moment. Well, now, that had been unexpected. And distasteful. He'd learned sparring for necessity's sake, both to defend himself and to be able to ...

"Pretty sure these plebeians only know one thing." Rana made a vague squeezing gesture with her hand, looking away from Kris so it wasn't quite so obvious that they were ...

Aleth would never understand people like Tarr. He always made sure he was ready for visitors, and would make it to the door by the time they made it out ...

Well, that was a given. Ky looked back up and watched Tarr staring down his wife, forcing herself to take a deep breath and swallow down her complete and utter ...

Ky wanted to punch him. The overwhelming satisfaction she'd gotten from beating up an official's son the last time was almost worth the discipline Aleth had meted out for it. ...

"Excellent." Aleth inclined his head and set to his food. He was growing weary of Tarr. He hoped that by "you'll like Loquitur" Tarr meant "Loquitur is actually a reasonable ...

"Indeed," Aleth answered, taking a seat. "You've been quite hospitable and I very much appreciate my accommodations." He began serving himself as Ky settled in the seat next to him, ...

Ky was never really sure whether to feel jealous of, or sorry for, Tadaaki. On one hand, she knew that he got sent away to dine in much worse accommodations ...