Shady

Had she said something wrong? “Yes sir.” She dipped her head and looked back at Lady Constance. “I am enjoying them quite a lot, ma’am.”

“I may.” She dipped her head and offered a weak smile. They’d come full circle and landed her directly back into the topic he was trying to distract her from. ...

“Sheer curiosity, ma’am. I’m still figuring out what I like to read now that I’ve got the freedom to pick, and decided to start there. Since we’re here for now ...

“Maybe,” Ky agreed lamely. Neither of them would even let her go home. Was she really to believe they’d let her go anywhere else?

“It is spooky… guess we’ll see in a few hours whether it keeps me up,” Ky joked, smiling. She didn’t imagine it would, though. Of all the things in her ...

“I’ve been reading a lot of Northern folklore!” Ky said with a smile. “Lord Ash gave me wonderful recommendations. I just finished up reading about Stone Mother earlier this evening.”

“But they cost so much money,” Ky argued. “You need to have a reason or at least have earned one.”

“I quite like reading, ma’am!” Ky said brightly, shaking off the somberness of the last topic in an instant. “I’ve been doing a lot of that. And I’m teaching Tadaaki ...

“I’ve never been on vacation,” she said quietly. “And what would I need one from? I don’t do anything useful at baseline to need a break from. Vacations are for…” ...

“Yes, sir,” Ky agreed, ducking her head. “Things started going better for me once I started taking his advice; I would have been significantly worse off on my own.” Unless ...

“I mean… yeah,” she agreed. “It’d be very interesting. But I’ve no purpose to go. It’d just be a waste for me to meander around off continent for no reason.”

Tadaaki smiled ever so slightly at that as he reached for a roll. He liked that title. Friend Of Ky’s. “Yes sir,” Ky confirmed, nodding once. “About four years now… ...

(For sure! I have 0 idea where I’ll be next June but I really hope it’s close by somewhere that’ll have a big pride like this. Maybe I’ll try to ...

(I’ve only been to one drag show ever but absolutely adored it and would jump on the opportunity for another — but no I settled for the parade only. My ...

Ky hesitated from where she was serving herself a scoop of roasted vegetables. Why must they? He was right, obviously. But she didn’t see how it was implied. Unless he ...