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"You're worrying about being a good mother," Cindy murmured softly, "That in itself speaks about something right?"

Cindy could kind of understand, she would have argued that she knew people who were excellent parents and had no parents period. Though those were her in-laws husbands of her siblings.... her male siblings.

"If I knew what it was that my parents lacked when I was growing up, I probably wouldn't be so anxious," Haradhel admitted. "On my mother's part, it was not love that she lacked ... love was probably the only thing she ever did for me. My father, I'm certain, lacked even that, though ... or else he had a very twisted way of showing it."

She refilled her cup and drank it all down, then glanced back at Cindy. "More?"

Elrohir nodded and led Donovan and Triton towards the stable. "It's one thing to meet their trainer," he murmured, "he's at least sane ... but the man in charge of taking care of them regularly ... well, he's something else."

Donovan had to laugh at that, just because it sounded like something else. He was sure the person in charge with the horses care wasn't something too bad.

"A bit eccentric?" he asked.

The elf who was watching over the others who were working was about Donovan's height, and for an elf he was rather bulky - but his bulk was solid muscle. He had short-cropped, yellow-blond hair and sea-blue eyes that were bright and eager.

When he heard the group entering the stable, he looked up curiously and headed over to meet them.

"Good morning, Lord Elrohir!" he called brightly, smiling widely as he joined the group. "Who is all of this?"

If Donovan had to describe first impressions summed up in one word he would have chosen outgoing. He was a happy sort of person, willing to greet others with a smile. Not the same as Feng, Feng was over the time, perhaps he thought Kara had been like that at one time.

Actually sometimes Kara was still like that.

He sorted though the melee of personalities that came to mind, until he settled on one. The man, brightly greeting them reminded him of Yukito.

"Oh, wonderful!" Elberon smiled warmly. He grinned. "It's about time you came to see us, eh? Two years here already and only just finding out who I'm working for." He laughed, a deep hearty chuckle. "Ah well."

He glanced at Elrohir. "Aye, you were right, my Lord. They're no ordinary humans." He looked all of them over. "This one" -he indicated Donovan- "is simply too well dressed. I bet he even knows how to speak."

His gaze moved to Triton. "And you ..." He laughed. "Wow. Yeah, cat person indeed. If I hadn't been warned I wouldn't believe my eyes." He winked at Triton. "You're a lucky one. Normally I'd be asking for proof that those ears of yours are real."

Lin lifted herself up from Donovan's pocket so she could get a better look at him. She giggled, because she had never heard anyone be that forward (she herself did not count).

"He's funny," she told Donovan.


Donovan blinked, "Lin, you don't say things like that to people's faces."

Even though he would agree, but not in the same funny way that Lin meant. He finally decided that the man was like Yukito without bounderies. No wonder why Elrohir said that the man was a bit odd.

Haradhel laughed. "I don't know if she would realize it unless they went up to her and told her to her fa- no, even then she wouldn't know." She laughed again and shook her head. "Halmír, one of the fighters here, has a fondness for her. I'm certain it's not that he's infatuated or anything, but ... he showers her with compliments and she laughs it all off as a joke, she doesn't take him seriously at all."

She paused. "Then again," she amended, "I might not either. It's just the way he is. The biggest problem is, the one person who I believe truly loves her ... is far too shy to say anything about it."

She shrugged. "Well, we'll see what time brings. She is still young, after all." She smiled.

Elrohir couldn't help but chuckle at Elberon, and Donovan and Triton's reactions.

"You should have seen him when Haradhel and I first arrived," he murmured, standing back to enjoy the situation.