The door opens and Kyleigh actually... um... -skips- out and lets the door
close behind her. Thankfully there's one of those sitting rooms though and
Neelkan's the only one in it so she doesn't have to worry about betraying
her image as 'Amalthea' just her image as Cactus Novice of the White Tower.
She skips over to Neelkan, uh... beaming, and says, "I'm ready now. Do you
remember what's next on the schedule?" Ack! Kyleigh -forgot- something??
Ms. Amazing Memory Girl? Well she's a little distracted at the moment.
She'll probably remember in a sec, given half a chance.

Uh... Uh... Neelkan peers at the girl and for a few moments wonders if the
/real/ Princess showed up and took her place. He actually grabs her hands
to check. Nope. It's Ky. But she's acting all funny. "Did Wyn slip
somethin' in yer drink?" he asks in a confused voice, but then immediately
goes to the subject at hand. What is next? "I think we're supposed t' go
get ya somethin' t' eat." Or at least, he wants something to eat. Whether
she does or not is no consideration. He's not good with things like
schedules, so he's the bad person to ask.

Kyleigh blinks as he grabs her hands, but instead of snapping his head off
or even scowling she just laughs and extracts her hands from his grip. Even
elated she's still not into the whole touching bit, especially since he's a
guy. Otherwise she might do something even wierder like... make him dance
around the room with her. c.c So let's all be grateful she's keeping her
hands to herself. "Nope," she says cheerfully. "She did something even
better." Oh! Food! Can she please pig out now? They haven't let her have
anything fun to eat since she started this charade, arguing that she only
just barely fit into Amalthea's wardrobe anyway. Not that she's fat,
just... voluptous, something she would change if she possibly could, but
not at the expense of forgoing sweets. Sniffle. "Alright. That works. Let's
just hope we don't run into that Alyester." She -really- doesn't like that
man.

"We can hope." Neelkan repeats lightly, still watching her out of the side
of his eye for something that Wyn might have done to make her this happy.
If she were a guy he might suspect that.. um... better left un-thought, but
he /is/ a bandit, and guys did tend to be really happy afterwards. As far
as he noticed. (He isn't included in this though, of course). He leads the
way towards the kitchen, dropping into silence mode again. He's been
getting used to this whole 'speak when needed' thing lately. Weird, huh?

That is wierd. And strangely disturbing. Kyleigh keeps glancing over at
him, and finally can't help herself. "Well?? Aren't you going to ask what
she did?" And uh... who says she has to be a guy in order to- ok, probably
best not to go there, especially considering that Wyntere is now her
mother, with at least one child that she actually gave birth to, and a male
Gaidin who she's in love with and all that jazz. Still... considering
Kyleigh's opinion of men... the thought isn't that far fetched. Ahem.
Anyway. ;)

Wyn never seemed much of a pillow-friend to her students to Ky, so he isn't
going to think that way. She always seemed so motherly, so his own
assumption probably isn't that far off. Neelkan glances over, eyebrows
raising into his hairline as he looks down at her for a few moments, then
he shrugs, "A'right, what happened? Though seems like yer gonna tell m'
anyway." Women are so weird. Angry and cynical one minute, hyper and happy
the next. Bah.

Kyleigh giggles. Yes, she actually giggles. It's wierd. "She adopted me!"
As they step out into the hall she quiets her voice a little, but there's
really no quelling the beaming expression on her face. She's so happy she
could sing! Er... but let's not ok? We don't want to get any dogs barking.

Yup. He was right. See! Neelkan's smart after all. Though he has no idea
why that would make someone so happy. But then, look at his own mother and
family. It's part of the reason he will never call Kaomi or Wyn 'Mother' it
would be an insult coming from him if he did! He thinks that giving
someone's name is more respectful then a title. A little skewed, but then
he was never exactly the most normal. "Uh, well.. I'm glad she's not mad at
ya."

At his lack of enthusiasm, Kyleigh falls back into her old habits and
scowls at him. "Is that all you have to say?" Hrmph! "You have less tact
than -I- do." Which is saying a lot! No, she won't let him ruin her good
mood. Kyleigh Shar. It has such a nice ring to it. Much better than
Mandeldoran. "Oh well. I wouldn't expect a -man- to understand." And with
most people that would be teasing, but she's dead serious. It's not that
she doesn't like him as a person. She actually trusts him with her life and
kind of likes him in a wierd way, but he's a guy, which is automatically a
mark against him. And unlike -some- people who -claim- to dislike the other
gender... she really isn't very fond of guys. But having spent so much time
with her he probably already knows that by now.

Hey, is that close to Mandelorian? *duck* "Of course I wouldn't
understand." Neelkan grumbles. "I don't think people /my/ age need
'mothers', so /there/." Hrmpt! Not that he's that much older then she is.
"'sides, I loath women, 'n mothers e'en more." But Wyn is alright. She's
gained fluke status, along with the very few (almost all Aes Sedai) women
also claiming of that rare and special status. It basically means they're
far enough set apart from the typical female that he no longer hates them.
And he really does hate women!! Honest! Why doesn't anyone believe him...?
Whimper. "So what d'ya wanna eat 'xactly?"

Actually, it is close to Mandelorian but *BAP!* And to be precise, he's a
year older than she is. :P Kyleigh arches an eyebrow at him as he says he
loathes women and just smirks slightly. She knows better. If he loathed
them he would never have helped her, or he would have helped her and then
left her to her own devices or helped her and *shiver* let's not go into
that. Kyleigh -knows- what men do when they -really- hate women, so no,
Neelkan doesn't fool her in the slightest. "I want... a steak, with that
cream sauce I saw them putting on it the other day," u.u the cream sauce
they said she couldn't have, "and a big glass of milk," (Muahahaha) "And
anything else I can get my hands on."

A guy can hate women without killing or doing anything bad to them. Can't
they? Neelkan is convinced so, so let's just leave it at that. He continues
to walk beside her, grumping a little bit as her good mood isn't helping
/his/ any. But when she says what food she wants he raises his eyebrows,
then choaks a little but at the mention of a beverage. "Er.. uh.. wouldn't
ya rather have cider? Ye'h. Cider!" Cider is so much better then milk.

Huh? Why should he care what she drinks? Surely he wouldn't be afraid of
milk. (Sorry, Kyleigh is a very smart cookie... milk... cookie... get it?
;)) 'Amalthea' grins at him, looking just slightly bemused. "Do you have
issues with milk, Neelkan?" This is not good. Now she knows one of your
weaknesses, and she's been known to exploite those to their full extent...
and they're coming up on the kitchen now... Of course, Kyleigh has her own
issues which are just as easily exploited... so maybe considering the glass
house she's living in she should keep her stones to herself, but that's
never been very fun. And no, men who hate women are bad, evil creatures.
Neelkan is a cute fluffy puppy with sharp teeth, which is not the same
thing at all.

Hey! That isn't fair! Neelkan growns and bares those same sharp teeth and
says, "NO! I just don't like it! Lay off, Ky." She's mean. Women are cruel
and evil and made him the man he is today!! Grrr. He doesn't throw anything
mean her direction though, instead he immediately grabs the closest cook
and says, "Get m' a plate with a steak with cream sause 'n.. 'n.. uh.."
Arg. Does he have to say it. "...milk..." There. It's said. "'n a second
plate with some bread 'n cheese. 'n some apple cider." So they might think
the smaller plate is for the 'Princess'.

Yes, he definately had milk issues. That's very strange. She's going to
have to study this. (Letting a Brown, or at least a Brown hopeful know that
you have something to hide is generally not a good idea. They're too
curious by nature.) She smiles at the cook and straightens a little and
just generally looks imperious and innocent while Neelkan puts in their
orders. Now what are a Princess and her Royal Bodyguard doing in the
kitchen getting their food? Can't they have servants bring it up to them?
Yes, but Amalthea prided herself on keeping an ear to the 'common folk' and
so their being down here isn't that big of a deal. Once the cook is gone
she asks quietly. "So what happened? Did you get some up your nose once?"
That would certainly be painful, but as far as she can tell wouldn't
totally account for a milk phobia...

Waaaaaaii!!!! "I don't wanna bloody talk 'bout it, burn it!!" Neelkan
actually yells at her, hands going to his head as if to ward off even the
thought of the white substance. She is so freaking unfair. Grrr. Um... and
yes, servents in the kitchen, the Royal Bodyguard just yelled at the
Princess. *gasp!* *shock!* What is wrong in the world when a Royal
Bodyguard yells at his Princess. Looks like this mission hasn't changed
Neelkan completely after all...

Kyleigh arches an eyebrow at him, because she kind of has to. What she
really wants to do is laugh, but she has an authority and a reputation to
maintain here. She keeps her voice low, but makes the expression on her
face a good imitation of how she would look if she was chastizing him for
raising his voice to her, not to mention cursing! That's actually not too
far off from what she is doing, but she does it in terms of the charade and
not with any actual authority. "Neelkan! Do you want to blow our cover??
You can't say things like that to a Princess." She ponders threatening to
send him back, but decides against it. 1. Because he might actually decide
he'd rather go back. and 2. Because she really doesn't want him to go back.
She feels (and probably is) -much- safer with him there.

"Then don't ask 'bout things 'at obviously make m' uncomfortable, burn it."
Neelkan grumbles, looking even more grumpy and even crossing his hands over
his chest. She's so freaking mean and unfair. Not even near being a fluke!
And if she did threaten, he probably would go. The Aes Sedai can take care
of her after all. But it's a good thing she doesn't, yup.

Ha! Like she -wants- to be a fluke? No way! She thoroughly enjoys her
reputation as the most prickly novice in White Tower history. Kyleigh
smirks again and says, "Oh I see. You can'd handle a little needling. I'll
try to be more careful of your delicate feelings in the future." Oh she's
evil. Defiantely evil, and this is her in a -good- mood too... maybe it was
better before Wyntere made her happy. The cook returns with their food and
she pretends to absent mindedly take the steak one, which makes the man
blink, but the blank and innocent look on her face convinces him that she's
just confused, and not actually planning on eating that one. She also takes
the tall glass of milk and sips it noisily, just to aggravate Neelkan.

Taking the other plate, Neelkan leans over and growls at the girl -- very
softly, "I ne'er asked ya why ya wanted t' leave the Tower, so if ya don't
mind, stop bein' a total bitch 'r you won't've t' worry 'bout 'at man
comin' t' kill ya." Was that a threat? Well, yes, but a totally unfounded
one. "Now take m' plate 'n we'll trade when we get back t' yer room." He
acts as if that's the whole reason he bent over to speak to her. "But ya
can keep yer drink." Bitch.

Kyleigh blinks and looks down at the plate before looking with chagrin at
the cook and switching with him. Then she turns on her heel and tries
really hard not to talk out of the kitchen, but doesn't do a very good job
on that score. Once they're out and the door is safely closed behind them
she whirls around, sploshing a little milk onto one of her gloves. "And
just what the flame is that supposed to mean? You want to kill me? Go
ahead. Take that stupid, pansy ass fan of yours and stick it in my heart.
Here, I'll make it easier for you." She sets plate and drink down. "Give it
to me and -i'll- do it." Her green eyes snap and flash at him, her mood
doing a complete reversal. So what if she deserved it? She's not thinking
about that right now.

"Yer crazy, ya know 'at." Neelkan grumbles and growls. "What the bloody
Light did ya 'xpect? M' t' hug ya 'n /thank/ ya f'r makin' fun of m'? F'r
takin' a /personal/ 'n delicate subject 'n trivalizin' it! Ya have no
flamin' idea 'bout m', so don't try t' learn! 'cause as soon as yer back in
the Tower 'n safe, I don't want anythin' t' d' with ya!" Sorry, she may not
realize but she's hurt his feelings a great deal the last few minutes. And
he doesn't have the self control to keep from saying things he might regret
later. "But I certainly 'm not gonna kill ya, 'r let ya kill yerself. Yer
Mom would kill /me/." How true.

Sigh. Kyleigh used to be totally incorrigible and stubborn and pig headed,
and before this little adventure she probably would have shruged it off and
told herself she didn't give a flying flame whether she'd emotionally
wounded anyone, but... well she really didn't intend to this time, not that
she feels guilty! She just... Ok, so she feels a little guilty. "I'm,"
grimace, "sorry." Can a fluke be the mother of a non-fluke? That certainly
is a little strange. Once she's said it though she actually feels a little
better. So she says it again, "I'm sorry, ok? I didn't realize it was that
big of a deal." I mean who's afraid of -milk-?? That's just funny. But she
has the tact not to actually say that.

"Whate'er." Neelkan mutters, shrugging his shoulders, feeling a little
weird about having made a big deal about it, though to him, it is. "Just
don't ask m' personal things, a'right? I'm 'ere t' protect ya, not
entertain ya." Wait, isn't he supposed to be here for both? "Now eat yer
food." He settles down the plate that was meant for her and takes his own
plate and moves to find a seat where he can pick at the bread and cheese.

"Whatever?? Whatever?! I just apologized to you and you say 'whatever'??"
Oh that is so not cool, dude. She doesn't apologize every day you know.
"You know what, forget it. I don't want your food. I don't want your
protecting. I don't want anything to do with you. I'd rather lock myself in
Spike's cell." Kyleigh turns on her heel and stalks away from the plate and
glass still sitting on the floor where she set them. The 'evil' glass of
milk.

"I was tryin' not t' make a big deal of it! Blood 'n ashes, yer the most
flamin' confusing woman I have e'er met!" And that's saying a lot. "Yer not
leavin' 'is room, burn it." Neelkan moves after her towards the door in an
attempt to beat her to it, or at least grab her arm if he can. "Just shut
up 'n sit down 'n stop actin' like a brat! 'r I'll tell the Palace guards
'at the Princess needs t' b' restrained f'r her own protection." Mean,
ain't he? Well, turn about is fairplay. She was /very/ mean to him.

Kyleigh gasps as he grabs her arm, her eyes blazing furiously as she tries
to jerk it away from him. "How dare you touch me! -I'm- acting like the
brat?? You're the one who couldn't even accept a flaming apology! Let me go
or I'll scream and tell them you were attacking me!" Two can play at that
game! Yes, she was mean, but she apologized! And she didn't mean to be
mean! Grrr! Men!

"Yes! Ya are!!" Neelkan jerks her arm a little bit, not letting go of it
this time. "I 'ccepted the 'pology, just not the flamin' way ya wanted! Now
will ya stop actin' like 'is 'n sit down!? 'r d' ya want m' t' call yer
mommy 'n tell 'er t' make ya behave!" Grrrr. He really won't be able to
keep this up much longer. And they'd been getting along so well, until she
pestered him about the milk.

Kyleigh's mouth falls open and she just stares at him for a moment,
actually looking like she might... um... cry. c.c "Let. Me. Go. You're
hurting my arm." Her voice is tight, the kind of tone that indicates tears
being held back, and no she's not the type to cry at physical pain. She's
very used to that by now. Of course.. now that her arm -is- hurting, she
could just channel at him, but she doesn't want to have to do that. She's a
big fan of doing things the hard way. Green eyes continue to blaze at him
fiercely, but they're watering a little which makes for a very strange, and
interesting combination.

As soon as she says that, Neelkan's hand drops. Yup. That's all she had to
say. That he was hurting her. The watery eyes adds even more extra points.
Damn woman. "Fine." He turns away and heads deeper into the room. Yup. He's
going to let her leave. What other choice does he really have? She doesn't
want to be around him anymore, and the feeling is entirely mutual.

As soon as his back is turned the door slams and she's gone. Even if she
hadn't wanted to leave before her own tears sealed it. Kyleigh isn't
normally a crying kind of girl, which is why it's strange that she would do
it (or almost do it anyway) twice in one day. Maybe it's just been an
emotional rollercoaster ride. Since the first time she was attacked she
wants to be alone, or at least away from Neelkan.