“Why do you always have to make everything feel like it’s some kind of hostage situation.” She frowns, heaving a sigh as she drops her amulet and pulls her head up to watch him. “It’s fine. You can stay, it’s not that serious.”

    ^{“have you ever thought that is because it is.” his arms crossed calmly behind his back. “i could simply… walk out the door, find a bunch of children, and ritually sacrifice them.” of course he wouldn’t, that was below even ky’s standards, but all the same, he still would have gone through with the thread if pushed in the right direction. “it would get some attention… plus i could use a few favors.”}