Shady

"... it wasn't that bad," she allowed, still not wanting to give him any ammo to use in the future. Because she wasn't going to consent to this on a ...

"Oh?" Her eyebrows shot up. "Does anyone know why?"

He wasn't going to drop it. She huffed a little sigh. "Well... I did it... once. So. There."

"That's so interesting!" Ky said with a smile. "What's your favorite piece of knowledge you learned? Or, one of them?"

"I guess," she agreed, shrugging.

"Oh! That sounds so interesting!" Ky said with a smile, looking at her curiously. "What was your primary subject?"

"I'm still thinking about the same things," she said dryly, wrapping her arms around herself. "Just... annoyed thinking about them, now."

"A little," she agreed hesitantly. He'd also gone mucking through her emotions. Made her feel even more homesick and like an even bigger asshole. But. Well. He'd also told her ...

"Interesting." Ky took a drink of her wine, considering. "I guess I never really thought much about the dirt -- just sort of knew what grew and what didn't, but ...

"No, I don't." She bristled a little. "I'm fine ."

"Oh?" Ky asked curiously, looking at her. "There are different types?"

"Wonderful," she said flatly, rolling her eyes.

"Oh." Ky nodded. "Must be a regional thing, then."

"Mm." She wasn't going to. But no point in picking a fight. Just leave it at a passive non-answer so that he didn't get obnoxious about forcing her to agree. ...

"...meh." She shrugged, not looking at him. wasn't so bad, I guess... but I'm not doing it again."