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(Not me, realizing he has no hobbies outside of Jerica. Oops) “Um… sometimes…” no. He glanced around. “This is a very, very impressive collection, sir. The python out front is ...

“Yes sir.” He stood at ease, relaxing ever so slightly but still staying tense. Gods he shouldn’t be here without War Lord Ainsley. “It’s very nice. Thank you, sir.”

“Yes sir.” He nodded, pulling his hands to his sides but staying at attention. “Apologies, sir. I-I didn’t realize…”

(Oh my gawd) Akeno sobered swiftly as Gaius revealed his name, and then paled further at his question. How had he known that? It was supposed to be a secret! ...

“Well sir, thank you.” He nodded to him and stepped forward, offering his right hand. “I’m Akeno.”

“How are you?” Akeno asked kindly. He didn’t have the first idea who this man was but he seemed nice enough.

Akeno realized he’d been caught and glanced back sheepishly, smiling awkward and dipping his head. “Hello.”

(Coolio I totally spaced and forgot to eat lol gonna figure that out but I should be around ish if you wanna get started!) Akeno finally noticed him as he ...

Akeno didn’t notice him at first, too fixated on all the grandiosity around him to pay attention to the seating area even though he was still walking vaguely in that ...

Akeno highly doubted Jerica would be in the library but he wasn’t finding her anywhere else so figured may as well check. If nothing else maybe Rek was in here ...

Akeno was worried. Zander had shown up out of nowhere and whisked Jerica away with the promise of violence, but not really explained anything to them about what was going ...

(Sure! That sounds good to me. I’ll theoretically be free after around 5:30 or so. Have someone coming over to learn how to pet sit at 5 and not sure ...

(Sure! That sounds good to me. I think Akeno and Rek have sort of been left in limbo through all of this if we want to bring them in with ...

(Good with me, I’ve got nothing further to add. Where to?)

She felt even worse about herself and continued to her room.