Shady

“If only.” Derik nodded his thanks and stepped through.

“Thank you.” Derik inclined his head. “I appreciate your hospitality.”

“I’ll keep it in mind,” Ky said, squirreling the knowledge away.

“Fine by me.” Derik inclined his head. “My crew and I are all early risers… most of the time. And we can be up as early as you like tomorrow.”

“Of course.” Derik dipped his head. “Thank you for hearing my side.”

(Reasonable. I’m gonna eat Taco Bell and shower and hopefully be asleep around that time too lol) “Can’t say I blame her there,” Derik said thoughtfully. Though he could blame ...

“Interesting.”

Derik nodded thoughtfully. (See now is a good time to write this scene of Derik being exhausted because I too am exhausted lmao 10 minutes away from a 14 hour ...

“Metaphorically?”

Derik nodded. “If you’ve got suggestions on how to get through to her I’m wide open to them. I’m running out of ideas at making her see…” reason “…well, just ...

“Just for food?”

“Mm.” Yes, then. He inclined his head. He didn’t need to deal with adding Ash in as a third party to an already tense situation. He’d just need to figure ...

Ky nodded. “Good to know.”

Derik sighed. He’d been wary that Ash had approached him about this; this removed all doubts in his mind. “Has she made threats I should be aware of?” Gods this ...

“Such as?”