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Earendil chuckled and stepped out in the hall after Miyuki, and when Lin brought Miyuki into their room to get her dressed again, he turned to Haldia and smiled.

"Good morning," he greeted her warmly. "Did you sleep well?"

"Yes," Haldia replied, smiling back at him. "And it looks as though I slept better than you did. Did you talk to Lin last night when you went for your walk?"

Earendil blushed and nodded. "Yes," he replied in her language, keeping his voice quiet. "It was ... harder even than I had expected it would be ... though the result, I must admit, I was ... sort of expecting."

Haldia smiled and put one hand on his shoulder. "Give her time," she whispered. "That's all you can do."

Earendil scooped Miyuki up before she could run very far, and tossed her up in the air and caught her again.

"And this one is always full of energy," he chuckled, grinning.

Haldia smiled. "Morning, Miyuki," she said cheerfully.

Earendil chuckled. "Come on, Miyuki, you can say her name, I'm sure of it! Sen-ka! Ka! Ka!"

Haldia giggled and reached out to scratch Senka behind the ears. She was fond of the little cat, even if she didn't spend much time with her.

Haldia giggled. "I think maybe Miyuki on purpose says?" she grinned. "She can silly be sometimes."

Earendil hugged Miyuki, then put her down on the floor again. "Come on, we should go have some breakfast. We all have a long day ahead of us."

"You have about my offer thought?" Haldia asked him, leading the way towards the stairs.

Earendil nodded. "I figure I might as well. Otherwise it's going to be a long and lonely trip home."

"She's going to fly me to the Southland before continuing home," Earendil explained. "It's on her way, and that way I don't have to worry about traveling alone."

"Kelirahc and Leyenda want to stay here for longer," Haldia added. "So they would not go with him."

Haradhel and Leyenda were both in the kitchen preparing the meal together, and Amalirahc was sitting on a stool by the counter, eating tiny pieces of meat that Leyenda was giving him while they worked. When Miyuki ran in, Amalirahc grinned at her.

"Mi'ki!" he greeted her. "Come, has some!" He grabbed one of the pieces of meat and held it down to her.

Earendil nodded. "I'm sure my parents would prefer it as well," he smiled. "I'm afraid my mother still gets nervous when I travel, even when I'm not alone."

Leyenda smiled at her son and reached over the counter to ruffle his hair. "Good for you, Amalirahc," she beamed. "That was kind of you."

Amalirahc grinned at his mother. "Good, s'are," he told her.

Leyenda giggled. "Exactly right. It's good to share."

Amalirahc popped a piece into his own mouth, then held another one down to Miyuki. "Moh?"

Earendil had to think about that. "Well," he murmured, exhaling slowly, "I think she's accepted it because he's been gone for so long, but she also gets regular letters from him. I think it's harder for her that I've also decided to travel, because I lived at home for so much longer than Daeron. He left when he was sixteen, I was seventy."

Amalirahc grinned at Miyuki. "Heah!" he told her, stretching a bit further to give her the meat in his hand.

"Don't fall," Leyenda cautioned him. "Be careful."

"Cahful!" Amalirahc nodded in reply.

Earendil chuckled at Lin. "Well, when I reminded her that my desire to travel also extended to other worlds, she said I could travel the seas if I promised never to leave our world. Since that's not really a possibility, I agreed."