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Wasn't that one of Elnara's nephews? Lore had thought to himself, that sounded just very odd to him. Well... he supposed had Elnara not been the eldest and both her mother and father were still alive that wouldn't be so unusual. It had happened within Elnara's own little family with Lin, Storm and Star being roughly the same gae.

"That's a bit mind boggling.."

Elnara blinked. "He was only a year old when I last saw him ... he's that old already? Wow ... I imagine he must be quite tall as well by now, then ..."

Silvrendir wiggled off Elnara's lap and started looking around. There were a lot of books in there, on shelves, on tables, on desks, on chairs, on the floor, on pretty much every available surface. There were quills and inkwells everywhere as well, as well as loose papers - some with scribbles on them, some clean.

Lin squeaked at the poke as she sucked her stomach in as she looked up at Earendil. It wasn't that she was very ticklish, she was quite caught off guard by it. Though she was a bit, if one tickled her right.

"Not the tummy," she pouted.

Elnara reached for Lore's hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze, then offered him a warm smile. She was interested in hearing about those sort of details about Lore's life as well, but knowing what little of his past she did, she was never able to bring herself to ask them. Not when she had no idea how much pain they could - or would - cause him.

"Papa," Idhril said softly, poking at Lore's ear clasp, "can I go play with Silver dear?"

She was getting a little bored, just sitting there. She wasn't really paying attention to the conversation, she didn't know who they were talking about so it really didn't matter.

Lore blinked, brought out of his thoughts by Idhril as he turned his head slightly. She had been so well behaved and quiet that he had nearly forgotten that she was there. Sure she was in his arms, but it wasn't like she was that heavy to begin with.

He set her down with a nod, "Yes, but you two be careful," he told her gently.

Since they were still in a study after all and he knew how things could be haphazard at best.

Idhril giggled and skittered over to join Silvrendir in his exploration of the study.

Elnara smiled at Idhril, then turned back to her brother. "Well, Tinuviel brought us through the labyrinth, and then we saw Elrohir and ... his girlfriend, I forget her name ... then Nako, and then Luthien."

A fairly impressive list considering how short a time they had already been there.

Lin's laughed lightly herself as she hugged Earendil, "Let's go again, maybe we can kind of make it to the mountain before dinner. How about that training place at the base?"

She meant the one that was fairly new if one considered she had been wandering before it was even made.

Mikhail nodded to Lore. "Indeed, all of us have a study on this floor. I think Elrohir's even trying to get permission to set one up for Haradhel - though what use she would have for it, I don't know. She spends all day every day training anyways, doesn't have any paperwork or anything to do that I know of."




Earendil laughed again and hugged Lin back, then scooped up Storm and Starr and headed off towards the door inside again.

"The mountain it is, then," Earendil grinned. "Though you're right. We wouldn't have time to go to the top today - especially since you, if you want to go up, have to climb yourself. But we can visit my training area, we have time for that."