Once outside, Sunny spent some time finding Effie and Kai. The two of them were in the dining area of the lodge, discussing something between themselves.
There was no sign of Cassie anywhere, but he did notice Caster observing him from the stairs leading to the second floor.
'Is she avoiding me?'
Somewhat disappointed, Sunny landed on a chair next to the two locals he had come to know and gave them a dark look.
"What, the two of you know each other?"
Kai smiled.
"Who doesn't know huntress Athena? We had, uh… a few brushes in the past."
Deciding not to inquire what type of brushes he was talking about, Sunny sighed and asked:
"Does she know about that peculiar Flaw of yours?"
The charming young man blinked a couple of times, the said with confusion:
"I guess so? I don't make a secret out of it."
Great. Of all the people in the world, he got stuck with two weirdos who had no qualms about telling every random stranger about their most hidden vulnerability.
…Well, if he had a Flaw like Kai's, he wouldn't worry about it too much either.
'Lucky bastard.'
Since there was no point in pretending anymore, Sunny simply asked:
"Well? Was anyone in that room lying?"
Effie grinned.
"Ah, so that's why you dragged Night along. Paranoid much?"
Sunny would love nothing more than to ignore that question, but unfortunately, his own Flaw was much more restrictive than Kai's.
paranoid as a person should be. By which I mean extremely,
the charming archer with expectation. Kai hesitated for
lie. Your friends
'Oh, you poor lamb…'
to that display of naivete, Sunny
"Not even Caster?"
gave him
he was honest,
Was Caster really just an
a bit and then turned to
and I agreed to continue our conversation in a week. Until
The huntress giggled.
That makes me feel real safe.
He grimaced.
not look like much, but wait till you see
little. Reminded of something,
your help. Our deal is done. See you
prizes with his looks already, but
looked at him for a few moments, then forced out a
make your acquaintance, Sunny. I can honestly say that spending time with you
he glanced at Effie with something that resembled pity, rose,
them were
a weary expression,
When do we
Sunny didn't hesitate.
back to the ruins. This
gave him a strange
in the ancient cursed
***
walking through the streets of the Dark City. Being here in daylight was not something Sunny was accustomed to, so he
into the familiar rhythm of cooperating with Effie without skipping a bit, as though three whole months had not passed since
some point, the unruly huntress glanced at him
How did you
gave her a dark
am very good at hiding in the shadows. I slept during the day and hunted during the night. Observed my prey carefully before striking at their weak spots. If I ever met something I wasn't sure I could kill,
became thoughtful for a
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