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Alassëa's head tilted in the women's direction when they switched languages, but other than that she showed no response to what they were saying.

Alena nodded at Lin. "How is he taking it?" she asked quietly. "The fact that he can't use his arm, I mean?"

Alena nodded sadly, watching Alassëa as the blind woman began to rub her arm slowly.

"With all of us out here, so many of us being elves," she murmured, "it's surprising that not one of us has the ability to heal. Especially as Celeb and Leyenda's mother has the ability. For neither of them to inherit it ..."

It was a bit confusing to her; but then, magic sometimes didn't seem to follow any set rules, especially hereditary magics.

"And we didn't bring much by way of medical supplies, either," she added with a frown. "Though how we could have overlooked such an important thing, I do not know."

"That would not surprise me," Alena admitted with a soft laugh. "Though if he is in a wagon, or if he is walking, he should be fine. Only atop a horse I think he would perhaps injure himself further."

She paused thoughtfully, closing her eyes. "As for towns ... to be honest, I don't know where we are in comparison to other places. Earendil would be the best person to ask about that, or perhaps Halmir and Arthael. They would know the best where a good healer is, too."

"Very true," Alena laughed. "Yes, I had forgotten. But whatever you decide to do, I think most of us will be staying here until we can figure out if Alassëa will be coming with us or not. I don't know about the others, but I would feel terrible leaving her here without knowing for sure if she wanted to stay or be with others."

Alassëa looked in their direction again when she heard her name, and her lips moved slowly.

Alena nodded back. "Yes. And as for you - wait until after the storm to go anywhere, if you do go. Traveling in the rain will not help matters any, even if you do manage to see a healer. Especially for Andarien."

She looked down at the boy. "He is different than we are. We do not know in how many ways yet. It is best to keep him warm and dry - and I cannot imagine that you and Earendil would be willing to go anywhere far away without him."

"Far," a soft voice murmured from the far side of the tent.

Alena looked sharply over at Alassëa, who had been the one to speak. "Far?" she repeated, wondering if the woman had simply been mimicking Lin or if she was actually trying to say something.

Alena shrugged one shoulder at Lin, then looked back at the blind woman.

Alassëa looked as if she was concentrating hard, and her lips continued to move quickly as if it had been habit, while she had been living alone, to talk to herself silently. If it had been, Alena realized, then the woman might be quite capable of speaking better than they had expected.

The young woman frowned softly, then tried again. "F-far ... h-ho ... m ... n ... nn ... hh ... harr ... mm ... arr ... m ..."

Alena's own lips were moving as she tried to piece together what the woman might be saying. "Far ... home ... arm?" she guessed.

Not that it made any sense to her.