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Lothiriel smiled warmly and moved to stand behind Miyu.

"Thank you," she murmured. "Though it's more work than it's worth some days. Still, I am grateful for it ... it sets me apart from others, and shows that I am my mother's daughter."

She laughed and began to gently pull her fingers through the child's hair. "As my height makes me my father's daughter," she added with a giggle.



Without speaking, Amdir reached up and tickled the bottoms of his youngest son's feet to try to make him let go. He was rewarded with a double kick to the jaw for his trouble, but it worked - Adonijah released his grip on his father's neck and was left entirely to Ryu's mercy.

Lothiriel giggled at Miyu's question.

"By your standards, perhaps," she replied cheerfully, "but not by elven standards. Look at Arwen. She's still a child, and far taller than I am. Well," she amended, "I suppose she's not quite a child anymore, but ... still. She is quite young."

She split Miyu's hair into three thick strands and started to braid it.

"Your hair is quite beautiful," she murmured with a smile.



Amdir nodded and rubbed his jaw. "Unfortunately," he sighed, "this is all routine by now. Even with Shael and Adonai."

"I just hope their kids don't end up this shy," Aliya spoke up, "considering how shy both of them are with anyone besides each other or us."

Adonijah was curled up in a tight ball in Ryu's hands, his head tucked against his knees, hands over his head, as if trying to protect himself from something. Feeling himself being held against Ryu's chest, he cuddled against him, not looking to see who was holding him.

Lin made her way down the stairs, peeking through the railing to see if anyone else was there before making her way to the kitchen. She was sure her Daddy was already there with her Mommy, that or her Daddy was making sure he had everything and her Mommy was helping with breakfast.

Miyu wasn't so sure about that, but it was possible... she guessed. She hadn't thought about it like that, but everyone here was tall, that much she had gathered from day one. Ulani and Ulrich were huge to her, but then again she was very, very small.....


Feng blinked hearing something that she would normally only hear from Tao, even though it had been quite a while since she interacted with the loving grififn. She laughed softly at that.

"Someone really loves Tao..."

Aliya sighed. "Entirely too much," she murmured, watching her son. "He spends most of his time with her, whenever she's around ... she's a blessing, really she is, watching over the children and everything ... but he talks to her more than he ever tries to talk to anyone else, and he's slow in learning to talk properly."

"But we'll see how he turns out," Amdir said softly, watching Aliya carefully.

Just then, Adonijah noticed that he wasn't with either of his parents, and his entire body jolted with the realization. Slowly, he looked up to see who he was with, and when he saw Ryu up above him, he froze, his eyes wide and fearful.



Lothirel grinned at Lin. "Ready for a busy day?" she asked her brightly, finishing up with Miyu's braid and tying it around the bottom. "What do you think you're going to do today?"

She patted Miyu on the head. "All finished," she murmured softly.

Lin thought about it, actually there wasn't much to think about in terms of what she wanted to do and what she was going to end up doing. Which just about amounted to the same thing anyways.

"I think I'll go see Elros today, besides, I need a refresher in languages... and most of the time he's the first person I see."

Feng smiled widely at Adonijah's reaction, she had thought he was going to cry again, but he seemed fine. Well, as fine as one could be being in the arms of a stranger.

"There we go...." Ryu murmured, "Now that wasn't so bad hmm?"

Adonijah just stared, his nostrils flaring more and more quickly, but his legs and arms dangling relaxedly. He blinked at Ryu once, then pointed down at the table, his tiny chest heaving.



"I imagine it would be interesting," Lothiriel nodded. "They're both very old ... I can imagine that they would have quite the stories to tell, if one were to ask. I know Sir Valdemar is eager enough to talk ... about most things."

She glanced down at Lin, one eyebrow raising pointedly. "Though he was oddly silent on his beginnings with my family."