Shady

Ky sighed softly and thought back to the heart boxes. There was a time crunch on that. She needed to stop pouting and pick one. “…It’s best to pick a ...

That still wasn’t true. But it wasn’t a fight she was willing to take up on Septimus’s behalf. So she nodded instead, burying her hands in her pockets again.

“… that’s true,” Ky allowed. She wasn’t very good at fighting. Certainly not someone as big as a troll. Half-troll. Whatever. They were all in danger if Myna was a ...

“…like hiding behind people rather than facing a threat head on?” Cause she’d done that, too. Twice. Letting both Sera and Tomhas stand directly between her and a troll she ...

She furrowed her brow. “I’m just hiding in fear like a coward.”

“Hmph…” Ky was quiet a moment. “Cowardly to stay in my room” according to Septimus, “dangerous to come out. Great.”

“What does that even mean?” She sighed.

“I mean… Aleth.” She furrowed her brow. “I know he can’t hurt me anymore” — so long as she didn’t venture too near his bones — “but if people like ...

“…maybe,” she allowed. “But Rönn wants to be friends with me too and he’s also got better things to do with his time so I don’t know. I don’t want ...

“Yeah, but, but if she noticed me and she’s only half, doesn’t that mean all trolls are gonna notice me? Full trolls even more so twice as much?” Gods. Tomhas ...

( :’) ) “Yeah,” she huffed. “Well, apparently it’s just gonna stay bad if trolls wanna pay attention to me now.”

(They really are haha)(Altho strangely the same, just wildly different coping strategies lol Jerica is like I AM INSECURE SO ILL BE LOUD SO YOURE SCARED TO MESS WITH ME ...

Ky sighed. “No… I don’t know…” she glanced around glumly. “Can we go back soon? I want to lie down.” Lock her door and be sure nothing and no one ...

“…I don’t know,” she huffed, slowly slightly and rubbing her face again. “My head feels all… bad.”

“…no.” She sighed. “… whatever. We can go.”