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Lyra seems like the type who responds well to jokes! I have the perfect solution to redirect this conversation before we reach the nuclear PK death flag!
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Cady grins at Lyra. "Don't you think Oberon's a better kisser?"
Lyra freezes on the spot and stammers "H-how would I know?" She gives Oberon a quick reflexive glance and frowns at Cady. "How would YOU know? You never kissed Obi!"
"Well, not yet anyway." Cady punctuates her teasing with a smirk at Oberon.
"If anyone's going to kiss Obi, it's..." Lyra bursts out her exclamation with a sob. "It's not going to be a princess!"
"I don't know about that." Oberon tilts his head and Cady sees herself reflected in his optics. "Becoming a prince might prove advantageous."
"Um-" Cady is the one stammering now.
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Was he always this tall?
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The sound of a sniffle makes Cady blink and break her gaze. Lyra's eyes are shiny with tears. "This is all your fault, you... you kisser!"
Cady looks down and mumbles "I've never kissed anybody."
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Why did I tell them that?
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She looks up at Oberon and Jax as they both awkwardly look around the edges of the clearing. Jax cautiously turns his eyes back to Cady but then glances away again. "We should keep walking. That path has to lead somewhere, right?"
"Let's see what's up that ravine!" Deline's armor glints as she walks past the edge of the shade with Jax following.
"What about afternoon class?" Triss looks up and shields her eyes at the midday sun.
Oberon taps his optics. "We still have an hour." He looks at Deline and Jax as they pass between two of the pillars. "Maybe we'll find more ruins."
Triss follows Jax and Deline past Oberon as he turns and steps into the sunlight.
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This is my chance to smooth things over! It's just me and Lyra now!
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"Um, Lyra-"
"I don't have anything to say to you!"
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Shot down immediately!
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Cady stands motionless as Lyra stomps up the ravine after Oberon.
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I need to smooth things over with Lyra before this gets out of hand! Even if she seems harmless, she still has six times as many Force points!
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The ravine twists back and forth, walls rising on both sides as the cliff edges get higher and higher. The hot sun is inescapable. Suddenly Cady hears a shriek. Her heart is pounding as she looks ahead and sprints around a corner.
