Shady

“…do you think people would actually come?” Ky asked curiously, glancing at her.

“Oh…” Ky hesitated. “Well, how would you even go about trying to find them? ‘Hey, come to the Keep if you can see ghosts’.”

Ky huffed a little sigh and rubbed her face tiredly. “More…?” She glanced over at her, mind working slow from her exhaustion.

“…I don’t know,” Ky said after a moment, lingering in the partial embrace for a moment before stepping away again. Enough of that. There were appearances to maintain. “…I kind ...

Ky tensed despite herself, but saw it coming so she didn’t flinch when Sara touched her. A moment later she forced her body to relax. It was a comforting touch; ...

“…yeah.” She glanced down the rest of the flight of stairs to be sure no one was on the landing. “… I don’t want this, you know. I know I ...

“Yeah…” Ky considered it for a moment. “And that’s assuming they’re still around and that I can even find them in the first place.”

“That’s true… but I’d have to learn it first, and we don’t have time for that… unless he had to come with me. But even then I’d have to be ...

“Oh… I guess I could study,” she sighed heavily, pre-tired.

“Me too,” Ky agreed with a nod. “…Septimus thinks I should try talking to the oldest spirits left around. He said I could learn more from them than him since ...

It was harder to maintain her agitation when she thought about them . “… they were really nice,” she admitted after a moment. “I liked them a lot… I’m very ...

“I mean… I guess I’ve only talked to Septimus and Damian… but both of them were complete jerks about it.” She felt justified that it made Sara angry too. “They ...

“The Ashes,” she corrected. “They hate him because he’s a Loquitur and they’re all too stupid to see it’s not his fault that that happened.”

“Tomhas.” She furrowed her brow. “They hate him. All of them.”

“…he was rude,” Ky said very quietly, afraid that he’d pop up out of nowhere if she spoke too loud. “…but we didn’t talk much. I… got spooked and ran ...