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It seemed that everyone was bewildered at Miyuki's actions: none of them had seen something so randomly vindictive before.

Amalirahc was wiggling in Leyenda's arms, still wailing that it was cold, and she and Kelirahc were trying to calm him down. Still, it seemed that they would have to take him inside and warm him up and change his clothes ... but they would wait until Miyuki was out of sight, so that he wouldn't get upset again.

As for Earendil, he didn't know what to do. Part of him wanted to go after Lin and Miyuki, but he knew that Miyuki loved playing with him, and his presence wouldn't help anything.

"I guess I'll see you later?" he asked Lin before she went anywhere.

Once Lin was inside, Leyenda and Kelirahc waited a bit before following, leaving Earendil and Haldia outside in the snow, which was again getting thicker.

Once inside, they undressed him, bathed him in warm water, dried him off, and put clean clothes on him, all of which probably took the ten minutes that Miyuki was supposed to sit in the corner.

Amalirahc was playing in the playroom when Lin and Miyuki came downstairs, and Kelirahc was keeping an eye on him while Leyenda helped Haradhel out in the kitchen.

Kelirahc looked up when he heard Lin coming down the stairs, and he called out, "All taken care of?"

"Come to think of it," Kelirahc noted, watching Amalirahc carefully for his reaction to seeing Miyuki again, "I don't think I've ever heard her even trying to speak yet."

Amalirahc smiled at Miyuki, the incident already forgotten, and offered her one of the blocks he was playing with.

Kelirahc nodded. "And I understand that it is quite common for some children not to speak at all until they speak fully," he murmured. "They do not all begin with baby words."

He watched Miyuki curiously. "One would think Amalirahc would be the one who is unforgiving, not the one who performed the misdeed."

"Ah," Kelirahc murmured. "I understand. But he did not mean to crush the tower, it was an accident ... though I suppose we cannot expect Miyuki to understand what that means."

He looked down at Amalirahc, who had gone back to playing with the blocks, stacking one atop another.

Kelirahc chuckled softly, watching as Miyuki disappeared so suddenly.

"Well, to be fair," he grinned, "Earendil is just as fond of her as she is of him. Forgive me if I am speaking out of place, but he seems almost to have become like something of a father figure for her."

He smiled at Lin. "As for where he is, he and Haldia were left outside when we all came in, and since they had no idea how long Miyuki's punishment was going to last, I believe they went for a walk together."

"Probably," Kelirahc agreed, not quite paying attention to just who Lin was talking to.

Amalirahc looked up at Miyuki as she came back into the room. He had already forgotten that she had shied away from him the first time he had offered her some toys, and he climbed to his feet, his hands full of blocks, and wandered over to her.

"B'ock!" he told her with a smile, holding some of the blocks out to her. "B'ock ... Ki. Ki."

It was the best he could do, trying to say her name.