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Earendil smiled faintly. "I suppose, with you growing so fast, you would have been very small when that happened. Do you remember much about them?"

Probably not much more than an impression, considering how long ago i t had been, but still, he was curious.

Earendil's brow furrowed in confusion. "But this was before you ..."

He trailed off. It had been before she had told him she returned his love, but he didn't know how long she had been at home after realizing. Maybe she had been encouraging Miyuki to call him ada even before her return. He had no idea.

"Still," he added, smiling sheepishly, "it sounds cute."

Earendil smiled. "Well, I suppose it didn't help that even before you returned to your home with her, she was treating me like her father," he murmured to Lin. He looked over at Miyuki. "You were very clingy, you know."

Thankfully, their time here had cured that of her, at least so far.

Earendil bit his lip so as not to find himself arguing with Miyuki. Of course she wouldn't view herself that way, but she had been very clingy indeed, especially when they had first returned from Gaia. But she was a child, and children really couldn't see past what they understood, so there was no point in pressing the issue.

"So Aurin," he said, changing the subject, "is there anything else to the caves? I saw a few side passages, but you didn't seem inclined to go down those."

"There are a few other crystal caverns," Aurin replied, "but none so grand as the one I showed you. Other than that, it's pretty much the same. It hasn't been fully explored, it's too dangerous ... very easy to get lost, where there are so many passages that all look very much alike."

"Yes," Aurin agreed, "though at the moment that is not our priority. In the future, perhaps, but not at the moment."

"Understandable," Earendil mused. "Right now the entire city is in the process of being rebuilt. That would take precedence over anything."

Earendil smiled softly, watching Miyuki, his eyes warm. "Well, perhaps we should call it a day for now," he murmured. "If we've seen all we can anyways ... and I'm sure she'll wake up by the time we get home again. We can begin the preparations for the trip to Nauros, and if she likes I'm sure it would be fine if she plays with Amalirahc and the others again."

After all, just because she had fallen asleep didn't mean she had to stay asleep. And maybe they could still wear her out by nightfall.

Earendil nodded. "Then I'll work on things from the castle angle," he murmured. "Telling people and collecting supplies. And we're going to have to think of more things to keep Miyuki occupied on the voyage ... it will be several weeks, at the least."

Though with training new sailors for Amon Darthir, it could well be longer.