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Luk hurried to take Earendil's good arm around his shoulders instead of Lin's so that Earendil would be at a better height for walking.

"I admire you for many things, Lin," the half elf told her with a gentle smile as he helped Earendil stabilize himself, "but there is one thing that I do wish that you would do a bit more often, and that is to ask for help when you need it. Don't misunderstand me, I'm not trying to put you down ... let's just say I'm reminding you that you have people here to help you when you need it."

She was independent, and that was a good thing, but too much independence wasn't as good.

"To the tent, correct?" he asked with a smile.

It wasn't long before they had Earendil in the tent, and he fell asleep again almost the moment he had a blanket over him.

Luk looked at Miyuki and Andarien, then murmured, "It might be easier to leave Andarien in here as well, since he's also asleep."

Just a thought, but it made sense to him.

Luk turned to leave the tent, and as he went he murmured, "Arthael is working on dinner, it should be ready any time. You should eat. If the storm comes before morning, who knows when is the next time we'll be able to have warm food?"

Rain would make a fire impossible, let alone cooking.

"Besides," he added, "I'm sure others will have questions for you about Earendil and Andarien. They were distracted by Alassëa."

Everyone else had gathered around the fire, and Celeb was fussing over Haldia while she was trying to fuss over him. The others were calm enough, and Alena and Alassëa were nowhere in sight. Daeron was still watching, though from the woman's reaction to hearing voices it was quite clear that no one else had been there in decades. But they weren't taking any chances.

River and Amalirahc were playing with Amalirahc's cards near the fire while Arthael worked on dinner with Leyenda's help.

"Are you all right?" Kelirahc asked when he saw how tired and worried Lin looked. His golden eyes showed concern. "You look exhausted ..."

Then again, it had been a strenuous day for them all. The rushed travel, the adventure in finding Alassëa ... and something had been going on with Andarien at the beginning of that too, though he hadn't been able to see what.

Kelirahc nodded slowly, though the concern didn't leave his face. "How are Earendil and Andarien?" he asked quietly. "I did see that something did happen to Andarien as well, yes?"

Though he hadn't seen what it was, and of course didn't know yet what had happened to Earendil. The only person who knew was Alena, and she was with Alassëa at the moment.

Luk winced. "That sounds bad ... for both of them. Admittedly, more so for Earendil. It's going to make travel difficult, considering that whether he's riding in the wagon or on a horse, it's going to be an awful lot of bumping around."

Which would mean more pain and slower healing time, though he was sure that, knowing Earendil as he did, the man wouldn't complain.

"I would imagine not," Kelirahc breathed. "If he were to try, he would only make the healing process take longer."

He paused, then looked at Lin seriously and added, "You are going to have to watch him carefully to make sure that he does not try to use it. He is the type of person who will still try to take his part in everything, which will not be good for him. He can be stubborn that way."

He smiled faintly. "It is one of his faults."