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Lady Kirahn looked at the children through narrow eyes. "Where are all of these people?" she asked them, almost as if she was having difficulty believing them.

"Most of the people I know are in the Borderlands," River told her, "but Elwin - well, Lord Elwin I really should say - he's in the Eastland, and Miyuki's family is in a different world." she looked over at Miyuki. "Hey, do you know anyone in the Southland that can heal people?"

Lady Kirahn shook her head disbelievingly. "All right, I get the point. There are many more than I believed. But even so, I do want to add that even if we did have a magical healer, it is better not to rely on such things. If a body is magically healed, it might end up the same strength as before, but never stronger. If someone is healed naturally, they become the stronger for it. It's better than using magic."

River pursed her lips thoughtfully. She had never thought about it before, not that she would have even known about it if she did. And she had to admit, it did make sense.

"One thing that must be added about magical healing," Alassëa spoke up, joining the group once more, "is that when the healing is finished, the healed part returns to its original state - for example if it was a broken arm or something, the muscles would go back to the way it had been before, as weak as a child."

She tapped her staff against the inside of her foot. "I'm finished here. I'd like to rest, if no one minds."

Lady Kirahn smiled and nodded, taking the woman's arm gently. "Of course. Come."

They brought Alassëa back to her room (very quietly, as it seemed Iorlas had fallen asleep in the meantime) and the young woman promptly copied her, settling into her bed for a rest. Then the children had free time once again, though this time Lady Kirahn went with them everywhere.

River's favourite room was the library, which she jokingly said would have made her mother proud. The library was indeed quite large: a square room with two rows of bookshelves around all four walls, and in the center a long table and several chairs for reading. Also, in each of the four corners, there were piles of pillows where people could sit comfortably, and that was the part that River liked best.

Of course, Amalirahc was bored by the whole room (though he did admit that the pillows were comfortable to lay on while he waited for the others to finished their exploration of the library). But eventually it was time for them to return to their rooms to wash up for dinner, and so Lady Kirahn made sure that each of them made it safely back to their rooms.

"Did you have fun?" Earendil asked from where he was sitting on the bed, playing with Andarien. They were both dressed and ready to go, and Earendil was simply keeping the boy occupied so that Lin could prepare as well.

He smiled at Miyuki, curious to know what she had spent the afternoon doing. Andarien looked over and grinned when he saw his sister.

"Ki!" he exclaimed, crawling towards the edge of the bed and holding his arms out to her.

Andarien giggled and hugged Miyuki tightly. "Ki ba'," he cooed happily.

Earendil chuckled at Andarien. "Yes, Miyuki's back," he agreed. He patted the bed for Miyuki to take a seat as well. "So what happened, Miyuki?" he asked her. "Something huge, I should imagine."

While Miyuki rambled, Andarien crawled around on the bed, full of energy after his long nap. He wasn't too much of a distraction for Earendil though, and the man listened intently to Miyuki's explanation: the mention of Ioreth's name was enough to do that.

"So you told a guard about Ioreth," he said, bringing her back to her explanation, diverting her back from her tangent. "What happened?"

He felt a chill run though him. If she had done anything to the children, Iorlas's sister or no, she was going to pay.

Fury swept over Earendil: fury at Ioreth for once again trying to hurt the children, fury that she could have gotten into the castle at all, that with all the guards around they hadn't been able to stop anything happening ...

"Didn't we tell you to stay away from her?" he asked Miyuki, fighting to keep his voice calm. "If you even suspected that it was Ioreth instead of Iorlas, why did you try to get closer?"

He didn't mean to make it sound like it was her fault, but to his knowledge those would be the only questions she would be able to answer - that, and he did want to remind her of her responsibilities.