Shady

(Sera: “…dafuq?”) She was going to throw up. No. She wasn’t . She pushed the bile down along with another huge bite of food.

Tadaaki watched them both in perplexed silence, helping Tasia eat. What in the world was going on with them both? Were they competing to see which anorexic could eat more? ...

She sighed, too. She wanted him to eat, for his sake. But she wanted him to change her mind for hers, so that she wouldn’t have to eat. But he ...

“Good.” She reluctantly picked up her fork and glanced at Gaius. She damn sure wasn’t going to eat if he wasn’t following through on his end of the deal.

“Yeah.” She maintained the forced smile. She’d rather him be naive than concerned; this was good. “How are you?”

Ky forced a little smile for his benefit. “I’m going to take up sparring lessons.”

“Good.” Ky nodded. “Then I’ll start back there… if he’s still willing. I know it’s been a while. But if he’s not too busy now.”

“…I was working with a short sword before… probably makes sense to start back there… unless you think I should start elsewhere?” Would something else be faster? She wished Ka’Nor ...

Ky nodded. “…I think it’s time.” She wouldn’t have, had things stayed stabled. But she needed something to give her at least a fighting chance. If she was going to ...

Ky reluctantly began serving herself, glancing at Gaius’s plate as a point of comparison to see how much she had to eat. Her anxiety was mounting with each moment she ...

Ky nodded silently, deciding it wasn’t worth re-hashing this argument, and sat down. Tadaaki watched her, expression just short of suspicion. Something was going on with her; he’d need to ...

(Okay fair… but also no xD there are social expectations to get ahead in careers lol now is completely optional will not reflect badly on me socialization so I feel ...

(Haha thanks! I ended up at a table of introverts so it worked out, just minimal socialization lol but then I went back to my room for like 40 minutes ...

(That’s fantastic! I shall definitely play around with that later and see what I can come up with… heading to lunch now and not sure if I’ll get away with ...

(Wait what? I’ve never heard of that tell me more lol) “Yeah.” She buried her hands in her pockets. “…hopefully I’ll find something.” It was a weak effort, but an ...