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Ky nodded as well. “Me too… but we got by. And our neighbors were all very good to us. It was a good life… if a lie.”

“We were farmers when I was really little,” Ky said. “But then he got gored by a bull and had to use a wheeled chair and couldn’t farm anymore. So ...

“He was disabled.” Ky shrugged. “And I was only twelve. We could only do so much.”

“Oh, no.” She shook her head, brow furrowed. “Nothing like that. Just our township and sometimes the next village over. We never exported anything.”

Ky nodded again. “He was very, very good at it.”

Ky nodded.

She shook her head, letting the pendant fall loose against its string again. She was angry at him. She should take it off. And yet she couldn’t bring herself. “He ...

Ky smiled and nodded proudly, slowly sobering. But he was a liar. Not her real father. “He was.”

“She mentioned.” Talia nodded. “We appreciate that a lot… it’s still… going to be different, though. I am different. And so are Kaelan and Ky and probably everyone else, too.”

(Same tho lol) “My Papa… Petrir…” it felt weird to refer to him both ways. The liar. Her throat felt a little tight. “Liked to whittle, too. He made this ...

(Aww nice! Good calls all around lol I should not be allowed on Amazon when I’m cold and yesterday ordered a heated blanket and a blanket hoodie and I eagerly ...

(Lmao true. Ky sighs a lot and it irritates me every time that it rhymes) “So… you also woodwork?”

Ky nodded. “Will do.”

Ky nodded again. “Sounds… difficult. But potentially helpful.”

(No that’s pretty disgusting lol it got super cold here yesterday and has been miserable since. I brought a blanket to work today and am snuggling up uneee my desk ...