Two Crows Watch from the Gallows Tree (part 9)

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“… are you allowed to do that?” Ky asked skeptically. “I thought you all said the librarians were really mean.”

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"They're really mean if we take books down without asking. We can hide in there."

(Good memory!)
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(Haha no idea why my brain hung on to that one)

Ky was still skeptical but followed him.

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He started up the stairs. "She's a really good hider."
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"Oh yeah?" Ky asked.

(My 69 year old father just got hacked on Facebook pray for me)

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"She hides until I give up sometimes, she's so good. She knows every hiding place!"
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(Hahah omg you have no idea how painful it is for him to be that age bc like nice but also omg ew no that is my DAD and — lol)(lowkey sent me into a spiral over Christmas when I realized he’s 69 bc I was like ‘ew can’t make that joke with my dad’ then was like ‘but I’m definitely gonna make that joke when my sister turns 69’ ‘holy fuck my sister is going to turn 69 someday’ ‘holy FUCK I will be 59 when she does’ and just recognizing my mortality all because of a 69 joke lol)

“Whoa!” Ky said dramatically. “Guess that means we gotta be extra sure to find her this time so we win.”

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(And one day, Shady,

You will be 69)

"Yeah!" He almost tripped on the stairs but caught himself this time. "I bet she's in Papa's corner again."
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(nice)
(*insert Ky screeching about being reminded how many more decades of this bullshit I have left* lol)

“Only one way to find out.” Ky grinned playfully.

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(Ky will make it I'm sure)

(She'll find the light at the end of the tunnel)

"Wanna race?" he asked suddenly.
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(But I am Ky and Ky is me—)
(Jk I’m stable these days lol)

“What’s that? You said you wanna lose a race?” Ky took off running.

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Mattathias screamed at the top of his lungs, delighted, and sprinted after her.
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Ky grinned, making a show of running as fast as she could, even though she slowed down to a pace he’d be able to match, probably. She felt ever so slightly better. Though she’d never admit that to anyone. She wanted to sulk in self pity — they may force her to socialize and exercise if they knew or helped. “Gonna beat you!”

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"Nooo!!" He ran after her, slowly catching up.
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“Almost there now!” Ky taunted as they only had a few more yards ahead of them, slowing down slightly more so that he’d be able to overtake her for the victory. “I’m gonna win!”

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