Shady

Ky approached a dapple gelding and patted his neck as she blew into his nostrils gently. He returned the breath through a soft snort. She smiled a little and turned ...

“Does it matter which one?”

“No ma’am.” She shook her head.

(Good with me!) Ky did her best not to get underfoot as they got to the stables. It felt wildly inappropriate to be hanging around with three nobles as if ...

Could he leave now? Was that rude? That felt rude. Deep breath. Ky will be back soon to fix this. At some point he really should stop hiding behind a ...

Tadaaki hide behind his cup, face burning.

“No sir.” Tadaaki shook his head. He should have known better than to think the mead was free.

Tadaaki sucked in a breath, realizing he’d just tossed her to the wolves. He hadn’t meant to do that. But he dipped his head. “Yessir.”

“I’m sorry.” He shrank. “I promise that’s the truth. I’d tell you all about him if I was there. Ky said he’s awful.”

“I… I don’t know, sir. And that’s the gods honest truth, I swear. I only saw him briefly when we first got there. Then I stayed in the stables or ...

“Sir?” He asked, alarmed.

(Yeah based on the biologists I know it is in character lol) Tadaaki nodded. “Good to know.” Not that it’d help him any.

(Omg that’s so funny. In the biology world we have to preserve fish in ethanol and the government started putting toxic chemicals in it because scientists were drinking it at ...

“Barley, mostly.” (Me, not knowing where beer comes from)

“Just… beer. And like milk and water and juice, sometimes.”