Two Crows Watch from the Gallows Tree (part 16)

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"Things are boring in there. You're just making yourself more of a target for Michael if you're in one place all the time."
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“He can’t get through my door or he would have already,” she countered.

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"Michael's the sort to bide his time and play games," Narfi replied. "He'd want to see you sweat a little before taking action."
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Ky huffed a sigh. “Does that mean he’s got a key to my room?”

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"Could be." He shrugged. "He did have the keys to the Keep when he died. That's a hefty ring."
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Ky groaned and scrubbed her face, then kept walking. This was hopeless. Maybe she should ask for a secondary lock to be added to her room.

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"So maybe try to move around a little more, eh?"
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“The Keep’s not that big,” she huffed. “He’ll be able to find me wherever I am… I just need to… barricade my door maybe. Or something.”

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"He'd be able to find you, maybe, but you're a sitting duck of you stay in your room."
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“…I wonder if Gaius would let me switch bedrooms,” she mused. “Is there a room he wouldn’t have the key to?”

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(Yes please! I like neat and tidy threads :) )

"Maybe."
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(Done!)

“Which one?”

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"How should I know?" he asked. "I never got to use those keys. I was never a Lord."
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“Mm…” she sighed. “…Are they the same keys passed down? So Gaius might know?”

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"He probably would, yeah. He's got the same keys."
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