Shady

(69) Yes, then. That hurt a little, even if he was too nice to say it directly. She stood up slowly and started shuffling for the door quietly, feeling utterly ...

“Okay.” She nodded. She could respect that; she hoped neither of them would be coming to bother her once she left here, too. They were smothering and standoffish at the ...

Talia hesitated, then nodded slowly, biting her lip. “It… isn’t a… kind life lost,” she confirmed carefully. “…but Ky has always been very compassionate. I think it’s hard for her ...

(Heh. Valid. I am utterly haunted by seeing with my own eyes how they can crawl straight up walls and across ceilings etc. How many crawled on the ceiling over ...

“Still. He shouldn’t have to; he’s already done so much to help us.” Talia was quiet for a moment, tying another bundle of the herbs off. “And…” she grimaced and ...

(Yeah for sure it’s a marked improvement and I shouldn’t whine. I just thought I was past all this I was so excited to hit one week roach free. Gonna ...

“She caused a lot of trouble for Lord Ash.” Talia shrugged. “I… understand why she did it.” She rubbed her collarbone subconsciously, not realizing she was doing so as she ...

(God fucking damn it today was gonna mark one week roach free and I just killed two ;-; ) She needed to respect that. Gods knew she’d been broodily quiet ...

Talia grimaced again and nodded. “Very… she feels very bad about it. Guilty.”

She sighed, wrapping her arms around herself. He was acting like a toddler. “Well… I’d like to start with getting past the silent treatment.” Perhaps she just wasn’t being clear ...

Now that she could agree with. She nodded slowly. “…yes… so where would you like to start?”

“Yes ma’am… overall.” She grimaced. Until yesterday anyway. (I think Ky probably split her knuckles open and has a bit of a bruise on her neck from Borrond grabbing her ...

She snorted, glancing at him. Surely he was joking.

She was quiet for several long moments, carefully considering what she wanted to say before she said it. For once. “…What steps do we need to take to begin repairing ...

She sighed softly, sitting on the edge of the hearth. This was going so badly. She didn’t trust herself to really keep the conversation going without saying the wrong thing. ...