#kyan answer

"Oh, I'm doing wonderfully!" Kyan chirps, clasping her hands in front of her. "After the...mishap...with my hair, Her Majesty punished the guards responsible! I'm not sure what exactly was done to them, but I hope the rumors of lashings aren't true..." She purses her lips, her brows furrowing. "After all, vandalism of the Queen's personal property is punishable by...much worse..."

Kyan’s chest tightens as she smiles brightly.  A breathy laugh escapes her as her eyes begin to water.  “Wh…thank you…!  Thank you, so much!”

A tired smile crossed Kyan’s face, aging her as her eyebrows raised.  “You know, you’re the first person who’s said that to me today.  Thank you very much.”

Kyan bit her lip and pulled her fingers gently as she considered the question.  “I…I suppose…when the other Chomps in the castle started calling me ‘Border Kollie…‘  I guess having them throw dog food at me was pretty bad too…”  She looked down at her hands with a slight shrug.  “I mean, it could always be worse…”  She sighed softly and offered the stranger a tired smile.  “Please…don’t mention this to anyone else, okay?  They’ve got their own stuff to deal with.”

Kyan bit her lip.  “I’m…not sure, really.  Master Terra has been very…distant lately; he doesn’t really care about anything anymore, and Princess Bai is as irritable as ever, if not even more so now.  Ventus has been acting weird too.  I feel like he’s keeping something from me, but I don’t know what it is, and every time I ask, he just brushes it off.  The queen is more reclusive than ever, and no one knows why, or what she’s doing in her free time.”  The girl took a deep breath and sighed.  “I’m just…really worried about everyone…I don’t think they’re doing too well…”

“Never.”

“That’s the same reason I can’t sing.  I can “carry a tune,” as you might put it, but I just don’t have the lungpower to make a strong sound.  It even makes my some of teachers mad, but most of them understand.”

“Do…do you mean horns?  I…I can’t imagine they wouldn’t…but, then again, I’ve never been on a bus…”  As Kyan pondered the question, she found herself questioning if she’d ever even seen a bus in person before.  “I…I think they do…I’m not quite sure though.”