[ for someone so brilliant, he was so stupid. so he still did not know. because inej can tell, when kaz is lying, or hiding, or lying by omission. most days, anyway. and he's not, now.
he also doesn't ask her, something that makes her lips twitch into a faint smile as they walk, her hands burying a bit deeper into her jacket. he wants to remain in the unknown, which suits her just fine.
she, as always, keeps her secrets close to her vest. ]
No one is going to get to you.
[ she says first, because to do that, they would need to get past her. and inej has a hard time envisioning anyone capable of doing something like that. they would have a knife to their throat before they could breathe their first insult.
past that, though, her tone shifts to thoughtful. ]
How many rooms?
[ amused, at the thought of kaz living next door to someone like van eck. the council would certainly hate it. ]
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he also doesn't ask her, something that makes her lips twitch into a faint smile as they walk, her hands burying a bit deeper into her jacket. he wants to remain in the unknown, which suits her just fine.
she, as always, keeps her secrets close to her vest. ]
No one is going to get to you.
[ she says first, because to do that, they would need to get past her. and inej has a hard time envisioning anyone capable of doing something like that. they would have a knife to their throat before they could breathe their first insult.
past that, though, her tone shifts to thoughtful. ]
How many rooms?
[ amused, at the thought of kaz living next door to someone like van eck. the council would certainly hate it. ]