Shady

“Whenever's convenient for you,” Talia agreed with a nod. “There’s no rush.”

“Oh… that’s nice.” She inclined her head. So they hadn’t missed it. It still may be an option.

"...what day is today?" Talia asked. "I'm sorry, I lose track easily."

"What day is the market day?" Talia asked, picking up her hand.

Talia and Ky both subconsciously glanced at each other and smiled shyly, then glanced away with a nod of agreement. Rifkin saw it and smiled a little. Gods, he was ...

Ky nodded. "You seem really social; I bet you're friends with the whole place."

"Oh." Ky wrinkled her nose. "No thank you, then. I'll stick with pretty earrings."

"Why's that?"

"I can't wait to see it all," Ky said with a little smile. "I'm sure it's very lively."

Ky nodded. "What other sorts of things are there?"

"Are there are a lot of jewelry vendors there?" Ky asked.

Ky smiled a little and dipped her head. "I'd like that very much, thank you."

"Aleth had me for functionality, not aesthetics." Ky shrugged, glancing away. "And I was too poor as a kid." She was too poor now, too. "But... maybe in the future. ...

(ooh nice! I like that detail) "Uh... I don't know," Ky admitted. "I've never had any."

(ooh nice! That makes things easier lol I was super lazy in my novel and made a trade language people literally just refer to as Trade and one of the ...