Shady

“But not Ash?” Jerica challenged, raising an eyebrow. “Ky must prove she’s telling the truth but you trust your brother implicitly? … you see my point?”

“I just think you need to be honest with yourself and with her.” She shrugged. “Like, genuinely. If Ky said she spoke to Haelar in a dream, and you send ...

“I don’t believe you won’t, to be honest,” Jerica said, glancing at him again. “And I don’t think she does, either. No.”

“There it is.” Jerica rolled her eyes.

Jerica glanced over at him, not sure how to respond. “I mean… yeah. Of course. But no one in that Keep seems to think so.”

Sulking. She barely stopped herself from correcting him. Instead she hummed for a moment then glanced away. “I doubt she’d be honest with you about that part, what with him ...

“Cause he was being all annoying about it.” She shrugged. “I dunno. Ky wouldn’t really tell me what was up but you didn’t notice how cold she was to him ...

“Yeah, I guess.” Jerica shrugged. “I dunno. Ky told me not to talk to him about it so I didn’t… much.”

(Thanks! Figured that’s what he was about to ask haha) “Uhhh… frog..in?”

“Yeah.” She looked at him like he was stupid. “That’s what I said. We’re all heralds. Me and Ky and Ash. That’s why we gotta stay.” Gods it was tiring ...

Jerica shrugged. “Dunno. I haven’t heard from any god but Strithr. If the Southern gods want me to know how they feel about it they’re gonna have to tell me ...

“Just the North,” she confirmed matter-of-factly.

Jerica nodded, then started walking again even though she had no idea wwnre she was going. She just hoped to hear Ky soon but she didn’t. “Yeah… shits weird these ...

Jerica nodded, then hesitated. “She’s not just confused, either. That’s really patronizing.”

Jerica shrugged, surprised he backed down. “… I mean… I don’t see why not. You can ask her anyway. I don’t guess either of us can make her tell you ...