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“Um… no ma’am. Not really,” Ky admitted. “…which seems to upset Lord Ash, so I’d very much like to remedy that.”

“Of course.” Derik dipped his head. “I respect the Kiruit and the… tribe? She’s governed for so long. She’s doing very well for her people… but times do change and ...

“I offered her a percentage of our produce. She scoffed it off as charity that she’s too proud to accept.” Derik took a deep breath, reminding himself that Gaius was ...

(Lmao okay here I go bullshitting away) “I’m happy to abide by the terms set forth in the Act,” Derik said. “But it was left intentionally vague to allow for ...

(Yeah today is rough. We are still on the water. 12.5 hours later) “I… am aware of… the dynamics at play here,” Derik said carefully. Namely, Ash was going to ...

(What a mood) (I split open my finger using tweezers and it is so unfortunate and bleeds a lot) Derik took a deep breath and slowly let it out, trying ...

“Um… the basics, but not much more than that. More of a functional knowledge than an academic one.”

Derik followed a respectful distance behind.

“That’s fine.” Derik shrugged and turned, handing it up to Rek for safekeeping. He nodded and set it next to him silently. Derik turned back to Gaius. “Shall we?”

(Ahh yes true) Ky smiled a little and nodded. “I will do my best to keep up… I like to think I know a little about a lot. But there’s ...

Derik hesitated, half-way through latching it. “You’d rather I leave it?” He didn’t particularly care one way or the other; it was more about appearances. Was a General supposed to ...

(Not me, forgetting she is a botanist lmao) “Sorry.” Ky blushed a little more. “I didn’t mean to be a know-it-all.”

“Of course.” Derik shoved his feet into his boots and grabbed his sword belt off his cot, taking a step towards Ash as he belted it on.

Derik had eaten his fill of the dinner brought to them and now was stretched out on his bunk — the bottom one in the very corner of the room. ...

“They’re actually both fungi and algae,” Ky offered. Then blushed a little, realizing she hadn’t been asked for trivia. “Sorry… but I agree they’re very cool. And they taste good, ...