Kolkhis shook her head, all but tutting. "Such language. Although it shouldn't surprise me, Mildmay taking up with someone no better than any Pharaohlight whore."
Hearing both those voices, Mildmay struggled to sit up in the bed, and it was an effort. His eyes were wide with something like – go on and admit it, Milly-Fox – fear, darting from one woman to the other, still glassy and too bright with fever.
"You gotta...," he started, looking toward Corbie, before swinging around to Kolkhis. "She don't got nothing to do with this," he insisted, but it coming out more pleading than he woulda liked.
"Doesn't have anything," she corrected sharply, the will you never learn, you stupid boy dripping from her tone and the look she gave him.
Re: Corbie & Mildmay (and Kolkhis)
Hearing both those voices, Mildmay struggled to sit up in the bed, and it was an effort. His eyes were wide with something like – go on and admit it, Milly-Fox – fear, darting from one woman to the other, still glassy and too bright with fever.
"You gotta...," he started, looking toward Corbie, before swinging around to Kolkhis. "She don't got nothing to do with this," he insisted, but it coming out more pleading than he woulda liked.
"Doesn't have anything," she corrected sharply, the will you never learn, you stupid boy dripping from her tone and the look she gave him.