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"Do you think they exist somewhere else?" Lin asked.

Since she didn't know how big this world was, she knew from lessons there were lands for each of the cardinal points, but there was also the sea. Was there something across the sea, like there was back home in Gaia?

Sir Valdemar looked uneasy at the question. He had often wondered the same thing, if life in Laurefalas might be the same as life during the first age had been - that was where the Valar now resided after all; but he had never been there, and it was forbidden to speak of that place, upon punishment of never being able to see it.

"Perhaps," he replied vaguely. "Though I doubt it."





Luthien took the folder and looked through at the various drawings. She was impressed with their quality - it appeared as though Serenity was quite talented. She saw many pictures of Serenity's family - Elnara and Lore's family - and she saw how happy all of them were.

"That's very good," she smiled, handing the folder back to Serenity.

Lin mused, maybe was better than simply no, "That would be something to see," she murmured thoughtfully.

She didn't realize it would be an uneasy question to answer and even if she did, she wouldn't understand why.

Earendil grinned at Lin and bounced her a bit in his arms. "Well?" he asked her brightly. "What do you want to show your niece and nephew next?"




Luthien and Atalya were equally surprised. It was one thing to be able to make wonderful pictures and drawings, but to be able to make them move? Make them come alive?

"How do you do that?" Luthien asked Serenity curiously.

"Ah...." Lore tried to think since it was such a hard concept to reply to.

He was even amazed that Lin could understand enough of that to be insulted by a comment like that.

"Well... honour is what a family or a person has when they follow or uphold certain values, beliefs or morals."

In which he knew there was possibily more questions to be asked.

"Ah, I see," Luthien smiled at Serenity. "Perhaps sometime you could show me, then? Not now, if you don't want to."

It would be rather interesting, she thought, to see magic from another world.




Earendil laughed. "You're right," he told Storm with a grin; then, looking down at Lin, he replied, "I can't tell you if it's different than it was the last time you were here or not. I know it's always changing, the plants anyways, but I couldn't say when or how."

He looked over at Sir Valdemar. "Are you coming with us?" he asked the ancient historian.

Sir Valdemar shook his head. "No, I have to get back to work," he replied. "Unlike you, I have a certain amount of work that I do have to get done each day."

"All right," Earendil grinned. "We'll see you later then." And he waved and started down the hall towards the stairs again, still carrying all three children.

"Oh..." Lin murmured, "Okay," she wiggled to look over Earendil's shoulder as she waved to Sir Valdemar, "See you later!"

And she would see him later, it was always fun to be with him even if he had work to do, because then she could do her work too.

"Of course," Luthien agreed happily. She watched Elnara, Lore and the other children as she painted, and also was aware of Serenity behind her. The red-haired child was the first she had seen of Elnara's who had wings - and she couldn't help but notice how pretty his wings were. Pure white, but dusted with silver ...




Earendil headed towards the stairs and grinned at Lin. "While we're asking questions," he laughed, "do you want to go through the walls this time?"