"You have to ask on your own. That's how it is." Kay had pushed for it once or twice. She'd complained to him that Uncle Badd didn't understand important things and Byrne had told her that there were things aruetii weren't allowed to know. She'd accepted it as default but having to leave him out of the loop made her upset. He deserved better.
Badd's arm curled around Kay's shoulder. If Byrne had asked him, on an idle Sunday over coffee and toast, Badd would probably have turned him down. He had enough on his mind without training to be an alien merc and to someone who had cynicked himself out of any cultural attachments to his own heritage the entire thing seemed goofy. With Byrne gone, and with Kay clinging to his arm with those desperate eyes blinking up at him it was a lot harder to resist.
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"You have to ask on your own. That's how it is." Kay had pushed for it once or twice. She'd complained to him that Uncle Badd didn't understand important things and Byrne had told her that there were things aruetii weren't allowed to know. She'd accepted it as default but having to leave him out of the loop made her upset. He deserved better.
Badd's arm curled around Kay's shoulder. If Byrne had asked him, on an idle Sunday over coffee and toast, Badd would probably have turned him down. He had enough on his mind without training to be an alien merc and to someone who had cynicked himself out of any cultural attachments to his own heritage the entire thing seemed goofy. With Byrne gone, and with Kay clinging to his arm with those desperate eyes blinking up at him it was a lot harder to resist.
Badd shrugged. "Sure. Why not."