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Ky continued squinting at him, trying to decide whether or not to keep pushing. She sort of felt like she should drop it and honor his requests, even though she ...

"Oh." That was better. Harmless... probably. Did Emery give a full account of each and every thing that they did? Gods. How boring for them both. 'Tadaaki won three rounds ...

So there was a story. But, bizarrely, about Tomhas rather than Bay. She definitely wasn't going to drop it now. "How so?"

"...oh?" Were they allowed to be doing that? Was... was it a misstep, for him to have mentioned it to Ash? A test of some sort? What had been wrong ...

"We've played a lot of board and card games, sir," Ky said. "It's been interesting learning all the games you've got up here. Neither of us had seen most of ...

She narrowed her eyes at him. "Sure. My question is what do you mean about Tomhas? 'But' what?"

Tadaaki glanced at Ky. Ky glanced at him for a moment before she remembered that talking was her job. Oops. She looked at Ash. "Um... we're pretty easily contented, sir. ...

"Mm?" Ky glanced over at him.

Fascinating. "Ah." She nodded. She didn't disagree with him. But. Well. It was an odd thing to witness.

Ky decided it'd be awkward for them to both stare at the table so she forced herself to glance around as casually as she could, though she was very, very ...

Ky glanced between them with wide eyes, aghast, and quickly looked back at the table, blushing even worse. This... this was... what ? How could she go from being so ...

"...Not Gaius?" she asked curiously. She wasn't sure that she would, either. But Tomhas had her undying loyalty as her savior; did Gaius not have Emery's for the same reason?

Ky and Tadaaki exchanged a glance. Should they admit the truth? Probably. They were on thin ice. No secrets. None. "... it was mostly Aleth, ma'am," she said very quietly, ...

That was pushing it a bit. Zander still existed after all. Tomhas. Tadaaki. How was she to rank them? "One of them, no doubt."

Ky cringed and nodded in agreement. "Men suck... with some exceptions of course." She gestured at him.