Shady

Aleth glanced around. That was good, at least. That meant he just planned on beating it out of him. He didn’t want to make it into a room that had ...

Ky nodded. She doubted either of them would tell her. Gaius, at least, would have the foresight to know not to arm her with that knowledge. Maybe Tomhas.

The anxiety made it to his chest. Why were they going deeper? He didn’t like that. He didn’t like that at all.

“Yessir.” Aleth swallowed hard and strode towards him, anxiety bubbling up in his gut. At least he’d had a week to think through the details of his story.

It was a depressing turn of events. And he’d sort of feared that outcome. But at least his sacrifice had established rapport and was therefore worth it. He tensed as ...

(I’m down for that!)

Ky nodded. That wasn’t going to stop her of course. “Makes sense… what else is there?”

(Sure! Where to?)

“It is… thank you for showing me.”

Ky cautiously followed.

(I am running out of things to talk about)

Ky stayed quiet; she hadn’t wanted to have this conversation in the first place.

“No doubt.” Ky nodded. Although she couldn’t play those either. She had no money to begin with.

“Yessir.” Ky dipped her head. “… I think there are other games that will be better suited to our current situation.”

Ky shivered a little and looked around, feeling unsettled. In the floor didn’t seem like a good place to be having this conversation. Being physically dark instead of just metaphorically.