3800 words editing today. Finished Kyawtchais' section, will be starting new section tomorrow. In the meantime, have a snippet!
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Kyawtchais nodded. "You will be leader."
Kolchais blinked, eir eyebrows reaching for eir hairline. Kyawtchais thought ey was startled. Then Kolchais looked to Lefeng.
"I'll be guardian to your trail-finder. You can navigate the currents of town better than I could, and honestly, I'd rather leave the hard choices to someone else. I've had enough of them for a while."
"Alright," Kolchais took a deep breath, "Alright. I can do this. But I'm not going to be like my once-parent. We all have a voice in decisions, so you'd all better speak up."
Kyawtchais laughed and signaled the guardian, "We'd need to gag that one to keep em quiet."
Kolchais reached out and Kyawtchais and Lefeng reached back, clasping hands. "We will do well together."
On the other side of the compound, Kyawtchais could see the silent-one watching them.