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.
fact, I think that I'm exactly as paranoid as a person should be. By which I mean
that, he looked at the charming archer with expectation. Kai hesitated for a
no one said a single lie. Your friends
'Oh, you poor lamb…'
react to that display of naivete, Sunny shook his head and
"Not even Caster?"
him
was
an honest and
lingered for a bit
our conversation in a
The huntress giggled.
me feel real
He grimaced.
might not look like much, but wait till you
his drink and paled a little. Reminded of something, Sunny patted him on the back and
your help. Our deal is done.
not going to miss this guy one bit. Sunny wasn't winning any prizes with his
looked at him for a few
Sunny. I can honestly say
he glanced at Effie with something
of them
around with a weary expression, and
When do we
Sunny didn't hesitate.
to get back to the ruins. This place… it gives me
him a strange
scary place and go hide in
***
Dark City. Being here in daylight was not something Sunny was
fell into the familiar rhythm of cooperating with Effie without skipping a bit, as though three
the unruly huntress glanced at
did you survive,
her a
you think? You know that I am very good at hiding in the shadows. I slept during the day and hunted during the night. Observed my prey carefully before
became thoughtful for a while,
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