Shady

“Maiming?”

“Ah.” How dark. She wouldn’t want… Huh. Her body would be in the Loquitur graveyard, huh? That… felt weird. She didn’t want people to come stand above her corpse. That… ...

“Did they… just… build the Keep on top of an old graveyard? Why is it underneath?”

“…what do you expect will happen?”

“…under the Keep?”

“Why are there so many dead bodies around this place?” She complained. “They’re everywhere.”

“Yes ma’am.” She dipped her head. “Hope for the best.” While expecting the worst.

“Thank you.” She dipped her head. It seemed impolite to refuse the compliment. Even though she was legitimately wrong about it. “I… am not. But I will try very hard.”

“…that sounds terrible.”

“I…” She dipped her head, trying to pick her words carefully. “It’s… a little complicated… I admit I’m unsure of how… to best navigate…everything.”

“… what’s down there?” she shivered a bit.

"...My... business?" she asked hesitantly. Fuck. Was Aleth still being shackled to her, even while he was in the dungeon and she was here? Was he dragging her down with ...

Ky nodded. "It's like a whole Keep within the Keep."

"So where would that fit in with everything?" Ky asked. "Like, where is it tucked in behind?"

"N-not at all, ma'am!" Ky shook her head quickly, concerned that she'd seemed noncompliant. She hadn't meant to be. "I... um... I think... Captain Bay... is... handling Aleth, ma'am," she ...