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Elnara smiled warmly and put one hand on Lore's shoulder, looking down at her parents.

"As long as Lore's with me," she murmured happily, "I can get used to anything."

She squeezed his shoulder lightly and smiled warmly at him, then moved to take her seat once more and picked up her fork. She poked at her food a bit, but she still couldn't bring herself to eat any of it.

Elnara blushed and smiled up at Lore.

"No," she admitted softly. "As much as I know I should eat ... I don't know, I just ... can't ..."

But she used the side of her fork to cut off a bit of her egg and scooped it up, then held it in front of herself, staring at it and trying to bring herself to put it in her mouth.

Elnara lowered her fork and smiled with relief at Lore.

"Maybe just my cider," she murmured. "I'll be hungry by lunchtime, I'm sure ... I usually am."

At least, that was how it had been going thus far ... but who knew? Maybe things would change. She was grateful for Lore's concern though ... and of course having medical background, he was usually quite helpful.

Lore chuckled at that, that was one way of putting it.

"Then I'll see what I can do for lunch."

He wasn't the best, but he had begun to watch Elnara over the month of their stay and help as well. Lore had always thought it was good to know just in case, that in case just came sooner than he thought.

Lore nodded in agreement, "It sounds like a fine idea."

Besides they often went out for the day anyways, since there wasn't much else for them to do otherwise. Well there was talking and reading... for Lore it was looking at Adonai's library.

"And I'm sure the others would like to know you're back," he turned to Serenity and Beren, "Unless you already went to see them?"

Elnara smiled back at her parents. "That's all right," she assured them. "Besides ..."

Her eyes sparkled as she looked at Lore. "I think we might need a little time alone to ... really digest this ..."

Serenity grinned and rose to her feet.

"Then it's settled," she nodded. "We'll head back home and get settled in again, you two can have the day to yourselves ..."

Her eyes lit up mischievously. "And then you'll come and have dinner with us at Elrohir and Haradhel's house!" She said it decisively, as if they didn't have a choice. "We look forward to seeing you then."

Beren chuckled softly. "Take care of yourselves," he grinned as he and Serenity headed for the door.

Lore didn't really have to think about it, he knew deep down he didn't feel ready, but he also knew being as old as he was.... he could wait a century and still not be ready. He brought her hands up and kissed him gently.

"Ready as we'll ever be," he told her and added before she could say something about what he said, "Elnara... parents could wait decades... or if time is on their side even longer and still never been fully ready."

He would also add more to himself that women younger than Elnara have given birth, twenty two wasn't really a bad age... it was... sort of an inbetween age really.

"But I think we couldn't have picked a better time, we are here surrounded by people who have already been through the process before, we're close by several healers, have a few months to prepare and take advice and by the time the baby is born we will roughly have half an elven month left to get comfortable looking after the baby. So by the time we leave any questions we might have... most will be answered and ones that have not there are family and friends back home who probably know the answer."