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calescent

Kiri's up early the next morning, restless with various low-level simmering concerns, and wanders out of her room.

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From:

free_flowing

"Yeah. I'm going with the 'subtle campaign of lies' approach."

From:

salt_of_the

"You weren't really kidnapped by agents of a secret cult, were you."

From:

free_flowing

"I really wasn't," he sighs, absently giving Mud scritches.

From:

salt_of_the

"Do you not wanna tell me?"

From:

free_flowing

"I don't know if I wanna tell you. I don't know if you wanna know," he says. "Most people who find out seem to regret it some way."

From:

salt_of_the

"You're okay now though. Right?"

Mud leaves off licking Loel and goes back to Patience, where he nudges his head under her hand until she starts scratching his ears.

From:

free_flowing

"Yeah. I mean..." he shrugs; sighs; repeats, "Yeah."

From:

salt_of_the

"Okay. You don't have to tell me if you don't wanna. Whole thing is secret from people who aren't Ardelay twins - just the twins, not Jayce?"

From:

free_flowing

"Just the twins, yeah."

From:

salt_of_the

"Okay. Anything else I should know before I meet the other new primes?"

From:

free_flowing

"Guess not," he says.

From:

salt_of_the

"Okay. Where are they at?"

From:

free_flowing

"Back of the house, I think. By the way, is it just me or were you imagining me naked a minute ago?"

From:

salt_of_the

"Was that not the point of bringing up how you lived in a clothing-optional country?"

From:

free_flowing

"That was not the point of that! I actually just really liked living in a clothing-optional country and now I miss it," he says, laughing. "But I don't mind. Imagine me naked all you want."

From:

salt_of_the

"Probably not if I'm gonna go see Kiri in like a minute."

From:

free_flowing

He giggles. "Going to see Kiri right this minute is technically optional!" he points out, leaning back on his hands. (He hasn't bothered standing up yet since saying hello to Mud.) "I'm sure they can keep playing cards without us."

From:

salt_of_the

"That sounds kind of like you want me to stand here for a while. Thinking about you naked."

From:

free_flowing

"You could, if you wanted! You could also go somewhere slightly more comfortable than my kierten and think about me naked, you know what else I miss about Thiyec? No one has a room at the front of their house that they can't put any useful furniture in because people would be snobs about it!"

From:

salt_of_the

"Nobody has a kierten? That sounds weird," says Patience, apparently distracted from thinking about Loel naked.

From:

free_flowing

"Yes! Nobody has a kierten. I was really happy about that when I left Welce," he says, laughing a little. "Kiertens always bothered me as a kid, they just seemed so pointless. I care less about it now but it's still fun to complain about. Anyway," he gets up, "I do actually wanna sit somewhere comfier than this floor, so what'll it be? Meeting everybody else or finding somewhere comfortable to flirt?"