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Earendil chuckled. "Well, if Arwen doesn't have her scissors with her, you're just going to have to get used to long hair, then. Give it a bit longer and it will be long enough to tie back - bangs and all."

He reached out and tried to ruffle her hair, but it didn't work very well, since her hair was wet and all.

Earendil chuckled and poked Lin's tongue. "Careful, that can be taken as a grave insult in some cultures. Never know what might happen."

He tried to stifle a yawn. "Mm. Better get back and get dried off so we can sleep ... tomorrow I have to stock up on supplies and head out again. You're welcome to join me again, I don't know who all else is coming."

"Sure," Earendil grinned. "Excellent. Then let's get to sleep now. Come on, let's get back to shore."

And he started back towards the beach, going slowly now that he was fighting the resistance of the water.

When Earendil got back to the shelter area, he grabbed his bag and hefted it over his shoulder. "I'm going to change in the trees," he told Lin, "and then I'm going to sleep, probably out under the stars."

He looked up at the night sky and smiled warmly. "I've never slept so well until I came here."

Earendil smiled warmly at Lin, his dark eyes shining in the starlight. "It's just so peaceful here," he murmured. "The stars above ... the waves on the shore ... it's so calm, so soothing ... nothing like the still silence of the palace."

He could imagine no place better than this ... though they were still early in their journey, and who knew what other places they would see? Still, this place would be etched into his mind for ever.

"Also beautiful," Earendil agreed, "but I like the way the water comes up on the shore and recedes again ... calm and repetitive. Rivers and waterfalls ... they're very constant, but they can be quite loud."

Sometimes quite the opposite of peaceful, though he didn't add that last bit.

Earendil shrugged. "I only know one river - the Zapanizan, on which Namonuito was built. It's a pretty fast flowing river there, so while it's not exactly loud, I wouldn't quite call it peaceful either."

He looked at Lin thoughtfully. "Though you would know more rivers than I would."

Earendil wiped away some water that was trickling down his face as he thought about his answer to that question. Would he really? The thought was nice, but it would mean moving away from his family ... and as old as he was, he wasn't sure he was ready to do that ... at least, not yet. Not permanently yet, anyways.

"Perhaps," he said finally. "Though it does depend where. I mean ... on the one hand I would love to live in a place like this, but on the other hand, somewhere closer to my family would be preferable ... or somewhere I could do something productive, even. True, here there's no lack of food, and there's not much need for shelter, since the weather is so beautiful ... but I would feel very lazy just doing my own thing every day."

Perhaps he had more than answered her question. He hadn't meant to, it was just his thought process.