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Ch. 6

The Blight house wasn't what she was expecting.

Based off of her first impression of Amity, she was expecting something...bigger. Colder feeling.

Instead, she found herself inside a little, cabin-like house. Small but cozy, and pictures scattered around. Sitting either on what looked like a decorative dresser, or hung on the walls throughout it.

"Go get dinner started, it's your turn Ed, Mittens."

There wasn't any argument from either, and Luz thinks that was the strangest part of it. 'Well...I guess they don't argue all the time.'

Emira went with them to what looked like their kitchen, soon coming out with silverware and napkins. "Can you help me set the table?"

She nodded, "Sure."

"So Luz, I couldn't help but overhear you say you were bi?" Emira asked as she handed her some of the silverware.

There was a sudden clattering from the kitchen followed by Amity's whispered curses and Edric's laughing.

Luz chalked it up to a moment of clumsiness, answering Emira, "Yeah." And started setting down the forks and knives like the older witch was doing. 'Family habit ingrained into them? Maybe they really were from a rich family...' Luz couldn't help but think that. The forks were some of the ones she saw in movies about rich families.

The older witch's lips curled up, briefly reminding her of a fox, "Hear that Mittens? We've got another!"

Amity peeked around from the kitchens doorway, "Shove it Em." And went back to helping Edric with food.

Luz paused, slowly putting down the last fork. "Another what?"

"Well, you're looking at gay 1." Emira winked, placing her hand under her chin in a little pose.

"Gay 2!" Edric called, she could hear him urging Amity to say something after he did, but there was only the sound of wood connection with someone's head. "Ow! Mittens, that was mean.~"

"Wait...you're all...?"

"Straight as a spell circle?" Emira grinned. "Yep."

Edric and Amity came out with plates that...had food? Luz wasn't entirely sure. Some of it was still moving. And blinking. "So even..." She looked at Amity, who immediately tensed.

The witch visibly withdrew, attempting to look smaller in her chair as she sat down. She wasn't looking anyone in the eye. "...yeah."

Luz remembered that feeling. Not necessarily denying it but feeling exposed when it was talked about. Maybe she could put Amity at ease somehow? "That's so cool!"

"Huh?" Amity sat up a little. Luz could see the poorly concealed relief.

"Well I never really had a lot of people to talk to about it with!" That much was true. There weren't many kids at school who seemed to want to even talk to her in the first place. Let alone about something so personal. "Do you have a different name for it in your world?"

Edric shrugged, "Nothing I can remember. We've used human terms ever since we knew about them."

"Oh wow...well, you know I'm bi. What about you guys?"