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(True! I can have Tasia assault Gaius first thing in the morning with demands lol) Ky nodded. “…What do you think about heartboxes?”

Aeron shrugged. “Like I said, it’s been a long time. It’s all good. I know she’s resting now, which she deserves.”

“Maybe,” she said with a hesitant nod. “But Tadaaki and Aashi and Tasia are gonna come along tomorrow too to give input.”

“I didn’t know anything about that at the time.” He shook his head. “We were very poor and I was very young… I don’t think there were any around us ...

Ah. Right. Viol. Stupid of her to suggest the village. “Okay.” She nodded.

“Mm… my mama got very sick,” Aeron said, following after him. “Spend most of her last week coughing up a lung. I think she was ready to go; to get ...

(No lol) “I have no idea,” Ky said. “…I guess you could ask him tomorrow? I’m planning to go back to the village to talk to Sven more about heartboxes ...

(Fair enough. He’ll follow her lead then) “All good.” He shrugged, not usually one to talk much about his parents. “It’s been well over a decade at this point. It’s… ...

“Yeah.” She hesitated. “Well… it’s good he didn’t hurt her. He kept his promise. That’s good.”

“Dead.” He shrugged, turning Aenyra down the road towards Tove’s place.

“He didn’t explain it very well.” She shook her head, brow furrowed. “Apparently she tossed a rock into the bush he was hiding in to try to scare him away ...

(Ah yes that does indeed make more sense) Aeron laughed. “That’s what counts.”

She frowned. “He and Jerica got in a fight last night so he’s cut up… but otherwise seems fine. It was good to see him again.”

(Oop. Honestly I’m not familiar with either so I wouldn’t have noticed lol) Aeron nodded. “Sounds like they balance each other out.”

“Oh.” She hesitated, glancing at them and nodded. “Rönn’s back; I was talking to him.”