Shady

“Yes ma’am.” Ky nodded, dipping her head. Whatever Lady Constance wanted was good with her.

“That’s wonderful.” Ky smiled between them. “I’m glad you have each other.”

Ky considered for a moment. “Do you always wake up at the same time? Always stay together?”

Ky nodded in agreement, biting off the ‘me too’ that threatened to escape.

“What do you do otherwise?”

“That…” Ky shuddered. “… so you can… just watch everything? And know what’s going on still, even though you’re…?”

“Oh.” Ky nodded. “Yes ma’am. That makes sense.”

“I-I don’t want to—“ she shook her head. “Does that happen a lot? And people have no idea?”

“They grow up here?” she asked, surprised.

“Wait, people… walk… through you?” She shivered a little.

“Hm…” Ky thought for a moment. “I’m not sure. I never left my township before I got taken. And then I never left Makata’s estate until Aleth took me. So ...

Ky nodded. It was so odd, them knowing him even though they died decades before he was born. “… are you allowed out of the tunnels? Can you just… wander ...

“It’s not too hard to learn,” Ky said with a nod. “If you ever go back.”

“Oh.” Ky let out a little breath of relief. Not Aleth, then. Surely there was a closer graveyard to the meeting ground than there was to either Serpent or Caracal ...

Ky smiled and nodded. “Swimming is a wonderful way to cool off.”