Shady

Lia teared up instantly, embarrassed. Her face flushed red and she tried to turn away to hide it.

“Um…” Lia was realizing Rana didn’t seem like she was intending to help this time. “First I wake up… and… eat… morning… food… and… read… paper… knowledge…”

(Ah like brush teeth do lessons etc?)

(What would that be?) Oh hell no. Fuck that. Rana pretended that she hadn’t heard. “Um…” Lia blushed, looking after her helplessly.

So basically just act like he’s you. Rana managed to keep that one to herself and turned and started to stride off again. “Yes, Papa.” Lia nodded.

Rana considered walking off, but dawdled for a moment longer. She knew damn well Lia didn’t know anything about the North. But was she making it better or worse by ...

“The fact that he’s a pedophile that got divorced before he made it to his twenties,” Rana said dryly.

“Um…” Lia looked ahead. “Rana and I were actually just talking about this a few days ago. Remember, Rana?” They definitely hadn’t been. But Rana took pity. She forced herself ...

“…um… the… opponents in the war?” Rana sighed silently, waffling on whether to continue assisting or not.

“Um…” Rana passed them, whispering in Lia’s ear, “Adree, Barrister, Bledroe,” and then continuing on ahead of them. Lia glanced over at her, blushed a little, then glanced back at ...

“Well… um… those are the ones involved in the war, right? The relevant ones?” She floundered. Rana narrowed the distance between them, feeling bad for her for some unknown reason. ...

(Haha yeppp) “Uhhh… uhhh…” she flushed, immediately regretting her decision to follow him. “…Ash… Loquitur… Tarr…?” Rana followed along behind them from a distance.

Lia trotted after him obediently. Rana watched them go, hoping this would be the end of it. (I think we picked the perfect characters this is literally exactly the dynamic ...

She flinched despite herself. Then needed to save face and sighed even louder than before, exaggerating her eye roll. “Whatever.”

“And yet you still think it’s a good idea for you to go?” She couldn’t resist.