Uh-oh.
"And then!?" Tundra shouted happily as her ears wiggled a little. She looked as if she was half a mont from pouncing out of her seat at Lawrence. He was sitting across from her, relaxing a bit on a couch with a glass of one of his favorite spirits. He looked far too calm compared to Tundra's utter thrill.
"Then we feasted. And did other things," Lawrence said, and I noted his left eye twitch a bit. He had been about to say sothing else, and had just barely stopped himself from doing so. The poor man kept forgetting the girl in front of him was young. Too young, really.
"And the pack leader? Was she able to eat a lot!?" Tundra asked, not letting Lawrence move on from the story just yet.
I stepped away, wanting to smirk and chuckle at them as I did. I didn't though, since I was now a little bit worried.
Tundra liked Lawrence a tad too much. It was a good thing he was old enough to know better.
"Well…" Lawrence's voice faded as I stopped listening and headed down the hallway, looking for another headache to occupy my ti.
It wasn't that the young wolf was necessarily annoying. She was just… full of energy. Typical for a predator like her. She needed sothing to do. Sothing to actually do, and not just sweeping floors or sorting books or sothing. She needed sothing to do that expended all that energy she had been born with. Sadly though, I wasn't sure what to really have her do. The depot, or the ships, would do best for her… they'd let her work her muscles hard, but we couldn't really just let her do such a thing.
A little girl, who looked so scrawny a breeze could snap her in half, should not be seen lifting full barrels and crates with ease. The humans, especially the ones here who now fully believed in monsters thanks to Fly's Masters, should not be seeing such a thing.
But maybe it was a mute point. Although Tundra seed to like Lawrence, a man who had known a pack of wolves like herself, she also seed intent to follow Renn north. I wasn't sure how that was going to work out, but… well…
"Not like I can stop her," I mumbled as I rounded a corner.
Although I had no real destination in mind, I found myself heading out of the housing area of the Animalia Company building and heading for the main entrance. I didn't have any plans to leave, since I had to escort Tundra back to the cathedral before nightfall, but I also felt like I needed to busy myself.
Renn was off doing sothing with Reatti, again, and honestly I didn't even want to know what they were up to. They had snuck away soti this morning, giggling as they did like children up to no good.
Which was fine, honestly. I was actually very… happy that Renn had friends. Especially since last ti we'd left here they all had been half a step from banishing her outright from this place, and not just on contingency.
Actually it was kind of… odd how much everyone seed to have forgotten such a thing. As if it had never even happened in the first place…
Coming to a stop in the middle of a hallway, I frowned as I realized sothing was off about it. The kind of off that made question it entirely, and…
"Vim!"
I blinked out of my thoughts and turned to find Tosh. He hurried up to , smirking at as he held up a leather pouch. "Guess what I just got!"
"Slls like oiled leather," I said.
"Close, it's a bag of whale intestines!"
"What…?" I now expected a joke, since there was no way the bag was made from such a thing.
"Look!" Tosh then opened the bag to show , and I flinched at the sll.
I see. I had misheard, or well, misunderstood. He hadn't ant a bag made of whale intestines, but instead a bag of them. He had a bag full of ambergris, the stuff that was made in their intestines.
"Where'd you get that?" I asked.
"Ronalldo just docked this morning. He and his crew found a dead whale and harvested it. You should have seen Brandy's face when she heard, I was lucky to get this much," Tosh said.
Great. Maybe that was what Reatti and Renn had run off for then, to join Brandy in seeing the spoils of such a catch.
Wonder how Renn fared with such a stink.
"Well… congratulations, I guess. Going to make candles with them or sothing?" I asked.
"Was thinking that and drinks. Though if I'll be able to do so without getting kicked out is another question," Tosh said with a smirk.
I nodded. Using the stuff to make spirits or rum was indeed sothing you could do… though if it was tasty or not was another question.
"Want so?" Tosh then asked.
I shook my head and smiled. "Thank you but no."
"Hm. Renn hadn't wanted any either. The sll you think?" Tosh asked, confirming my suspicions.
"Very likely."
He chuckled at that and tied up the bag, though it barely hid the bad sll coming from it. "I'm going to go properly store the stuff then! Later!"
I waved him goodbye and watched him run off back the way I'd just ca. To the housing area.
"I'm glad he's doing well," I whispered. Renn and the others had ntioned he had seed a bit… depressed. But honestly he seed to be doing fine. I had spent a few hours with him yesterday, just talking and stuff, and was glad to find that he now rembered everything. And although he was sad, and unsure of what to do, he was at least active and able to enjoy the simpler things in life.
Simpler things…
Heading for the entrance once again, I found myself being stopped not far from it. Magdalena walked over, carrying a clipboard and grinning happily.
"Hey Vim!" she greeted , and once again I noticed the kiss marks on her neck.
I'd congratulated her already, for finding love and a mate, and honestly I was glad for it. She used to be one of the ones who tried to flirt and sneak into my room when I visited here, before Renn. "Magda. If Brandy catches you sneaking off you're going to get a headache from her nagging," I warned.
Magdalena blushed and laughed, and waved off a bit. "I didn't sneak off! I spent the night with him! I just got back, I'm not late for work, I promise!"
Oh. Right. That made a lot of sense actually… "Right… sorry, I was just teasing a little," I said. It wasn't as if Brandy, or anyone actually, would fault Magda even if she did sneak off occasionally. There was a reason we had hundreds of human employees here, after all.
"I know…! Gosh, you and everyone else! I'm glad everyone's happy for , but I swear! I almost miss talking about the weather!" she said with a stupid grin. She didn't seem to actually mind talking about her new love life at all, based off her happy tone.
"Watch, most of them will end up doing the sa as you Magda, so just return the favor when you can," I said.
She tilted her head at that. "Oh… right? You're actually very right, aren't you? I wonder who will find a mate next? My money's on Tosh," she said.
"Tosh?" I asked. Really? The man may be returning to normal, but in his perspective his wife, the love of his life, had just been ruthlessly taken from him. Even though it had been almost a hundred years ago.
She nodded. "I saw him talking, or well… flirting, you know how he is, with so of them the other day when they ca over to visit."
Ah. She was interpreting his flirting as sothing more than it was. She had not known him before his… ntal crisis, had she? "Personally I hope it's Brandy. She could for once learn to focus on sothing other than money," I said.
Magdalena laughed at that and shook her head. "No chance!"
Right?
"Ah! I got to go, Vim, or else I really will be late! See you later!" she then startled and hurried off, because she'd seen soone else down the hall. I studied the person, not recognizing them, but the human had the back office attire on. Likely soone she was supposed to have a eting with, or give orders to, and was late in doing so.
Sighing gently at her I returned once more to head for the main entrance.
This ti I actually made it to the entrance without being stopped. I spent a few monts just… watching people co and go. Humans were like always, busy people. Always in a rush, and half the ti it seed as if they themselves had no idea where it was they were rushing to.
I felt that way lately. Before encountering Stance, I had felt lost… now though? Now I felt like I was ssing up terribly because I wasn't hurrying to do whatever it was I was actually ant to be doing.
But what was I to do about it…? It wasn't as if I could just run off and abandon Renn and the Society. Even if I did… where would I go and what would I do?
A part of wanted to search for more gods, since Stance's arrival had been so… odd and sudden. But to do so would an to not just abandon Renn and the Society but likely lose them completely. By the ti I found any other gods, then dealt with them, the Society and Renn would likely long be gone… not from my absence, but simply from ti.
"Would you like so help sir?"
I turned to find a younger woman. One wearing the simple teller attire here at the guild, a human girl who was likely just recently hired based off her age.
"I'm fine, thank you."
She tilted her head but nodded at . She stepped away, and I watched her for a mont since she kept glancing at . But not in a good way. She must think I was odd just standing here and walking around… Though it might also be my attire. I wasn't wearing anything to let anyone know I was associated with Animalia Guild in anyway. I was just wearing the basic stuff that I usually wore under my traveling gear.
I stopped paying attention to the young girl as she walked over to speak with so other workers. I instead focused on an older man, one who was reading from one of the many bulletin boards situated around the entrance. I knew on that board were many things. Job listings, date listings for certain appointnts and events, prices and fees for consultations and other things the company offered to the public, and so forth. He could also just be reading things to occupy his ti, waiting for an associate to finish their own work here.
As I stood there, watching the place… I had to like always accept a rather odd fact.
The world always kept turning. Going about its own business. No matter how chaotic life felt, or seed, the general world just… didn't notice typically.
Even back when monarchs and gods had been causing utter chaos, the people who had lived under such a hostile environnt hadn't known any different. To them such calamitous weather patterns, monsters lurking all around, and just a general chaotic environnt was… normal. To be expected. They had not liked it, but it had been normal to them. So they had been… calm in their own way about it too.
Not that my own life had really been chaotic lately. So what if I was encountering more monarchs than usual? So what if the Society was being annoying, and there was a bunch of people doing things I didn't agree with or understand? Such things were normal. To be expected. Even a god showing up occasionally was…
"Okay maybe not," I mumbled. That wasn't normal at all. Not anymore.
"Vim?"
I turned and found a new face, again. I didn't recognize the woman who smiled at , and then she gestured behind her. The young girl from earlier walked up, her head a little low even though she was staring at with wide eyes.
Uh oh, what'd I do this ti? Who was this? One of the human supervisors it seed, based on…
"Your daughter is it?" I asked as I rembered who she was. Or rather, I didn't rember her na… but I rembered her story. She had a pair of daughters, sing and song, or sothing like that.
"Yes! I'm so glad you rembered! This one is Sing," she said as she gestured for the girl to step up and introduce herself.
The young woman gave a nervous smile. "Sorry about that, Mr. Vim… I um… didn't know who you were," Sing apologized for earlier as she held out her hand.
I took the young girl's hand, and gently shook it. "Hm? It's fine. That's your job, to make sure weirdo's like don't linger here and bother everyone."
She gave a half-forced smile as she nodded. "Isn't she adorable, Vim?" the mother asked.
"Yes?" I wasn't sure how to answer that. Was that just a mother's doting love, or sothing more?
"She's being weird, Mr. Vim. One of the custors complinted us the other day and she's been like this since," Sing said with a sigh.
Ah… I blinked as I rembered her na. "So Clair, did you introduce them to Renn yet? She'd love to hear them sing," I said. Renn had once ntioned she had wanted to et the girls with such odd nas.
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Sing went red in the face as her mother sighed and shook her head. "They're horrible singers, Vim. They don't live up to their nas at all! But no, I was hoping to let them et her before you two leave again, but we've not had the chance."
I nodded at that. "I'll make sure she knows. She's been busy lately, we all have I think," I said.
"Of course! If she's too busy we can always do it another ti, so no worries!"
That was the issue, though. Even if Renn and I ever ca back here again, after I stepped down, it could be decades from now. And by then…
"Still, I'll let her know. We should still be here for a bit longer, so there should be plenty of ti," I said.
Sing glanced at her mother, her flushed face now back to normal. She watched her mother nod happily. "I'd like that! She and I had lunch last ti you two were here, I had enjoyed that," Clair said.
Oh…? I hadn't known that. Typical of Renn though. "She can be a glutton," I said.
The woman laughed as the daughter gave an odd look, as if she couldn't believe a husband had just called his wife a glutton.
Before I could make another joke, as to tease Renn so more, I noticed rit. She was up on the upper balcony, the one that led to the hallway that led to Gerald's office. She was glaring down at , with eyes that told she wanted to speak to .
Lightly gesturing at the mother and daughter, I nodded. "Seems I'm to be busy again. It was nice eting you Sing, I'll make sure to let Renn know to co say hello to you and your sister before we leave again," I said.
She nodded quickly as I turned to nod in goodbye to her mother. She gave a knowing smile as she nodded back and I stepped away, heading for the stairwell which would lead up to rit.
Reaching the top of the stairs, I found little rit standing at the entrance to the hallway. I walked over to her, and wondered if maybe she had been sent to get for so reason. Had Gerald wanted sothing from ? Brandy maybe? She was likely still at the port though, dealing with the return of Ronalldo and his ship.
"Good day rit," I said in greeting, since this was the first ti we'd t so far today.
"Mhm… Can I have a few monts with you?" she asked with a small voice.
Hm…? Was sothing wrong, I wonder? "Of course rit."
She nodded and sighed. "Could we go to the roof? It's not raining, yet," she asked.
"Even if it were would it matter?" I asked with a smirk. Did we not just a few days ago sit and talk on the roof together as it poured like crazy?
"No, I suppose not. I was born in the water, and you like getting dirty and wet so that Renn will fuss over you," she said.
Well if she was able to make little jokes like that, then whatever was bothering her couldn't be too concerning. "I'll have you know I took a bath recently," I said.
"Congratulations. I'll mark it on the calendar," she said as we headed down the hallway, passing Gerald's office and heading for the stairwell which would lead us to the roof. I noted Gerald was in his office as we passed it by, but he wasn't alone. There were two humans in there with him, and they were talking business.
"Renn's with the rest at the port, I think," I told rit as we climbed the stairs.
"I know. I was with them a few hours ago, Vim," she said.
Oh. Right… that explained why I hadn't seen her until now too, then.
"How's Kevin doing?" I asked. I wasn't going to ask how Ronalldo was doing, since I doubted rit cared much about him at all. Unlike the humans Renn was involved with, Ronalldo was under Lawrence's care not hers.
"Fine? He ntioned you visited him and his family recently, was very excited to talk about that. He also wouldn't leave Renn alone, but as you'd expect Renn was okay with it. Was the first ti they've t," rit said.
"Renn would et everyone in the world if she could," I noted.
"Hmph."
rit opened the door to the roof, and we both stepped out into the cold but dry world. I could sll a storm heading our way, but odds are it'd not hit us until late in the night. I followed rit to the gardens, and watched as she went ahead and picked up one of the buckets from the gardening shed. She didn't ask to help, so I didn't pick up one for myself.
I knew better than to outright step in and tender to her trees and plants. This was her thing, and although she sniveled when no one helped her… I knew it was because we all knew better than to take her little hobby away from her. She didn't like it when others helped her out, though Renn was likely one of the few who could do so and not get glared at. Sofia too, maybe. Nasba used to hate plants, and hadn't ever helped even when rit wanted it, but I doubted rit would have gotten offended over her helping either.
though? I knew better. She's shocked more than once because I'd overstepped and in her opinion hard her plants.
rit took her bucket to one of the more wild bushes. So kind of berry bearing one. Though right now there was nothing fruiting upon it. She went to kneeling in front of it, to dig around at its base and into the soaked dirt.
"I thought about it," she then said.
"Hm," I nodded, though not because I knew where she was going with this or what she was speaking of. I had simply assud she had sothing serious to talk about, and so had been expecting it.
"Don't stand there acting as if you know what I'm talking about, I'm being serious," rit said with a side-glance up at .
"I don't, but I figured sothing was up. You don't ask to talk privately like this often, rit, and when you do it's for good reason," I said gently.
She glared at for a long mont… then she sighed and returned her attention to her berry bush. "Were you always like this? Even as a child?" she asked.
Like what exactly…? "I don't really rember," I told the truth.
"Wonder what she sees in you…" rit mumbled as she went to pull a few weeds. They were tiny things, but so were the fingers tugging on them.
I'd ask what she had seen in herself, but didn't really want to steer the conversation in that way. So instead I just… stood and waited for her to get through her grumbling and tell what was actually wrong. I figured it couldn't be anything too important, since if it had been she'd have brought it up by now.
For a few minutes I just stood there, watching her pluck tiny weeds… ones that were honestly too small to even worry much about. Then finally, once she had a nice little pile of weeds by her feet she glanced up at again. This ti with not as an angry look. "She's getting close to them, Vim. Too close," she said.
"Renn and Light and her people, you an," I clarified.
She nodded.
I nodded back… and then went ahead and knelt down next to her. It felt silly looking straight down at her, as if she was so little kid. "I know, rit. But that is her right. And if you'll forgive a man who is utterly captivated by his wife from speaking with bias, her ability to be friends with so many different types of people is one of her good points, if not her best," I said.
rit's eyes softened a bit, and I was surprised to see she wasn't upset with what I had said. "Of course, Vim… but it ans she'll be involved. More than she needs to. More than she should."
"If you don't think I've not been stressing over it, rit, you're wrong. But what am I to do…? I can't kill them. Not only are they proper mbers of the Society, they haven't actually done anything wrong. They're scheming, they use their prophecies for their own devices, but they've not outright done anything worth such punishnt. And worst off, Light and the others genuinely like her. So their friendship isn't just one-sided, but sothing real. stopping Renn from associating with them would be the sa as if I stopped her from associating with you, just because you're known as a troublemaker. It's based on rumors and speculation, not fact," I said.
She frowned at . "But why doesn't she see it, Vim? Why can't she see that they only like her because of what they foresee? That they only are friendly thanks to their expectations and hopes, not because they actually love her like we do?" rit asked.
"Can you really say that rit…?" I asked with a whisper.
Her eyes narrowed at and she shook a little, as if suddenly cold. "Vim…" she whispered back.
"Mhm… a hard thing to swallow isn't it? When confronted with a mirror," I said gently.
"You knew…? All along?" rit asked, shocked to realize so.
"I don't know the prophecy, but I know you expect sothing. But… you're not the only one, rit. Far from the only one. I've co to realize far more than just Celine and Light have known of Renn, and her circumstances. Renn hasn't said anything yet, but I've overheard whispers lately since my return. The only reason they had all voted to banish her last ti we were here is because of Brandy. Because of a prophecy she had been told. She had been acting on Celine's orders," I said.
rit's shoulders slumped. "Vim…!"
"I'm not angry, or upset. Just… don't ever speak of it in front of . And if you can, Renn, too. I love the woman, more than you can know, and she tries so very hard to play by my rules but… well…" I hesitated a bit, and wondered if I should reveal a little secret about Renn.
"She talks in her sleep, yes," rit said with a sigh.
I grinned and nodded. "Isn't it cute?"
"No. Not to ," rit said flatly.
Hm. It was to . Even when she spoke of things that broke my heart, such as her worries and fears.
Reaching over, I gently patted rit on the back. I tried not to notice how… small she was as I did. rit had always been tiny, but sotis I forgot just how tiny she was. What was it like I wonder to be stuck in such a small body? "All we can do, rit, is stay near her. To protect and help her when we can. But at the sa ti… don't try and shield her from everything. Even if she gets hurt, she needs to live. To experience all life has to offer. The ups and the downs," I said.
"I'll not interfere with her in that way, Vim. I know better. I know you'd squish if even thought of it… I just… worry… and not just because of a prophecy! I promise! I actually hadn't even known, not until Nasba told !" rit said, her voice growing quicker but quieter as she started to whisper.
"Nasba?" I asked with a frown. Really…? Nasba had never been involved with Celine or any of them. After her village had fallen and she had left it she had hooked up with rit nearly right away, and had spent most of her ti far from such things.
rit nodded. "In a recent letter… I… I actually wish I hadn't read it, to be honest. But I understand why she said it. Because I had said sothing foolish in my letter first," she asid.
"Foolish…?" I asked carefully.
rit took a deep breath and sighed. "I was going to keep a distance from her. Because I felt… unworthy. I didn't want to like her just because I was jealous. Just because she got what I never had, or whatever…" rit mumbled.
Oh boy. Quite a serious conversation we were having, wasn't it…? Maybe I should have grabbed a bucket… "And her… response to that letter made you change your mind?" I asked.
rit slowly nodded… and then shook her head. "Yes and no, Vim. She told of a prophecy. At least, a part of one. Not the whole thing, just enough to make reconsider. Then I realized how cruel it was, to not just Renn but . I… I've only ever had a few friends in my whole life, Vim… and I know to Renn I'm just one of many. A single little fish in a huge ocean of people she finds interesting and fun, but I decided it was rude to not just her but myself to neglect the possible friendship between us," rit said.
"Hm… well I'm glad you didn't. You and I may not have always seen eye to eye rit, but I'd prefer your company over all of theirs any day," I said.
She smirked at that. "I've no doubt, Vim. But we're not talking about what you would prefer, but what is best for Renn," she said.
"Hmph. If you're trying to imply you learned of a prophecy that makes you worry for Renn's safety… then fear it no longer. I've plans my own to counteract them," I said.
rit turned a bit, rather quickly, to face . "She's in danger?" she asked loudly.
My eyes narrowed in understanding at rit's outburst. She had not ant that at all, it seed. Good thing, though that ant the prophecy she'd been told by Nasba… the one that had made her decide to embrace her friendship with Renn and not keep her distance had another purpose.
One more likely to do with rit herself than Renn or anyone else. Which was odd… Why would Nasba tell her of it then?
"She's always in danger, rit. Just as you and everyone else always is as well. I didn't an it that way… I just ant if you had learned of sothing… not good, concerning Renn's future, you need not truly fear it. I'll figure out how to keep her safe," I said, choosing my words carefully.
rit relaxed a little, but only to a point. "Great. So there are such prophecies concerning her too? Not just the ones Light and the rest are using to justify their sches?"
"Who gave you yours?" I asked.
"Nasba…?" she answered, in a way that told she was upset I'd even ask. Since she'd just told .
"Yes, but what saint? Who told Nasba of the prophecy originally?" I clarified.
She blinked. "Oh. Right. Celine."
Hm… I wasn't sure if that was better or worse, to be honest…
"Just… just how many saints have had prophecies of her, Vim?" rit asked.
"More than I want to admit. But before you read too deeply into it, think on it for a mont. Several of them are those who she considers family. Friends. Her witch friend, Light is seen by Renn to be a friend too now, and so forth. Saints typically have more prophecies concerning those they hold dear to their own hearts," I said. I didn't ntion Narli or Renn's human friend Elaine, the one still living.
"Is that common though…? I had saints co and go a few tis during my kingdom and it always felt as if their prophecies weren't that common a thing, sporadic at best," rit said.
I sighed at that. "Sotis they aren't, no. It is a little troubling just how many seem to be about her, but I an… there is one way to reason it all," I said with a shrug.
"Her connection with you," rit answered with a stale voice.
I nodded. "Regretfully."
"Maybe it should be you who considers distancing yourself from her then," rit said simply.
A distant roof tile cracked… as I slowly nodded. "I've long considered it, rit," I told her honestly.
The small fish shifted a bit, though if she did so because she had heard the tile break and crack… or if she was simply unsettled by my response I couldn't tell.
"Is this why you're okay with her plan to make a ho up north…? With everyone?" rit asked.
Slowly nodding, I wondered what to even say to that. Even if I hadn't been okay with it… I'd still allow it. Because I wanted her to be happy. I wanted everyone to be happy, if able. But there was no denying the cold hard fact that I wanted to surround Renn with layers of security. Not just ones I myself provided… but others did too. Like Lilly and her family, or even Randle and his insight.
rit's little face contorted into emotion, and then she sniffed and nodded. "Then my decision is the right one."
"Decision…?" I asked softly. Hopefully she didn't an a reconsideration of her earlier statent. Of not getting close to Renn, of keeping a distance from her… Poor Renn's heart would break if rit did such a thing now.
"I've decided to go with you. Up north. I've been here long enough and… with Light and her people here, they no longer really need . Not that they really ever needed in the first place. But now? Now I'm certain. You love her, and will do everything you can do to keep her safe… but you're not cruel enough to do what needs to be done. So I'll go. Maybe between and Lilly we can protect her in the ways you won't allow yourself to," rit said as she went back to weeding.
Slightly stunned… I watched rit wipe her nose on a dirty sleeve as she continued gardening. She looked, and seed, done with this conversation. With all of it. She had just made her decision, and now nothing anyone or anything could change it. I knew that look on her face, I'd seen it before both when she had decided to found her own kingdom… and when it had fell, and she had decided to abandon it.
Smiling at her, I felt myself relax a little. So this whole conversation had been about that. After coming back from my trip to the Keep, I had assud rit would, or at least wanted, to join Renn on her little venture to make a ho… especially since she kept accidentally speaking as if she was included in the task when anyone spoke of it. But it was nice to both hear confirmation… and to know the reason for her decision was such a pure one.
She wanted to protect Renn. From the world that seed so intent to disturb her. Even if rit had a slightly selfish desire, from a prophecy or whatnot, it didn't matter to . It was the sa reason I had stayed my hand, and decided Light was not a threat. Because as it was now, here in this mont, they were things that could and would keep Renn safer than the alternative of not having them nearby or at all.
"Can… I co with you, Vim…?" she then whispered softly.
"rit, any ho of Renn's is a ho you are and always will be welcod in, you know that," I said gently.
rit turned to look at . She held my gaze, but she didn't smile. She didn't smirk or blush… instead her eyebrows t even tighter. "I'm not asking Renn, Vim."
Ah…
I swallowed a sigh that wanted to escape and nodded. "You're always welcod in my ho too, rit. All that I ask is occasionally you let have my wife for a night or two, is all," I said. It seed with the growing cast of friends and family that was set to accompany us, such nights might beco rather rare for .
She finally smirked at , and nodded. "That won't be too hard. She won't admit it to you but she actually cherishes your little talks in the night."
"The fact you seem to know all about them makes annoyed, maybe even enough to put you in an aquarium. One I'll build in the dog house," I said.
She scoffed at . "Renn wouldn't let you do that. Which is too bad, I probably would like that."
Probably would.
As rit returned to her task before her… I stood up. "I'm glad you found a new purpose… even if like it's one chosen wildly thanks to uncertainty," I said to her.
She huffed at . "You may be acting out of panic, but I'm not. Renn would abandon you before she would , after all."
The fact the little fish was probably right made my eye twitch.
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