Keefe and Linh

Keefe and Linh
Pairing Name	Leefe/Kinh
Status	Friends
Rivals	Keefe and Biana, Biana and Linh, Sophie and Linh, Dex and Keefe, Keefe and Tam
First Met	Book 4: Neverseen
Book Cover	Book 6: Nightfall

Leefe/Kinh is the friendship/romantic pairing between Linh Song and Keefe Sencen.

Ship Names 

• Leefe (L/inh and K/eefe)
• Kinh (K/eefe and L/inh)
• Lineefe (Lin/h and K/eefe)
• Life (Li/nh and Kee/fe)
• Senong (Sen/cen and S/ong)
• Keefinh (Keef/e and L/inh)

Moments 

Book 4: Neverseen

• Keefe is impressed when she uses her powers.
• Keefe insults Tam’s hair, but doesn't insult Linh’s.
  • This could be because Keefe dislikes Tam, but respects Linh.

Book 5: Lodestar

• When Sophie and Fitz tell him someone was tortured, Keefe hopes it wasn't Linh along with Dex, Biana, and others.
• When Fitz asks the group if Keefe would have sworn an oath to join the Neverseen, Linh hopes it was a vague oath like the one the Black Swan gave them, because she doesn't want their friend to become an enemy.

Book 6: Nightfall

• Linh uses her ability and knocks a gorgodon away from Keefe with a wave.
• Linh hurls balls of water at the gorgodon to distract it from Keefe.
• Linh and Keefe run towards Sophie together.
• Keefe offers to hold Linh’s hand to help her keep calm and focus.
  • This may be simply because it was necessary to keep Atlantis safe.
• Linh says that she's "better than okay" with a dreamy expression while holding Keefe’s hand.
  • It's more likely that this has to do with the enhancing rather than the fact that she was holding Keefe's hand.
• Keefe looks impressed when Linh says she can hold back the ocean temporarily.
• Keefe notices that Linh feels drained.
• Keefe sends a cool breeze to help Linh with her emotions.
• Linh tells Keefe that he's amazing.
• Linh, Keefe, and Sophie cling to each other as they levitate down to the streets of Atlantis.

Book 8: Legacy

• Keefe brought Linh to Loanmore.
• Marella hints that Linh likes Keefe, and Sophie asks Marella if she does but Marella hurriedly changes the subject.
  • This might be because Marella wants to keep her friends secrets safe.

Similarities 

• Both have attended Exillium and Foxfire.
• Both have trouble cooperating with their parents.
• Both are good friends with Sophie.
• Their parents both live by water. (See Shores of Solace and Choralmere)
• Both love the Alicorns.
• Both have had hard times when they were young.
• Both have more powerful than usual in their abilities.
• Both love to tease Tam.

Differences 

• Keefe is loud, rambunctious, and sometimes considered annoying, while Linh is quiet, shy, and sweet.
• Linh has a twin, while Keefe is an only child.
• Linh is a Hydrokinetic, whereas Keefe is an Empath and a Polyglot
• Linh has black hair, while Keefe has blonde.
• Keefe has ice blue eyes, but Linh has Silvery Blue eyes.

Quotes

“Linh and Keefe looked just as relieved, clinging to each other as the world smudged and blurred.”

—Narration, in Nightfall