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Earendil looked up at Lin, then stood up and put one hand on her shoulder. "Would you like me to go with you?" he asked her softly, his expression concerned.

Andarien looked up at his parents as he placed another block. His face was expressionless, but his eyes were thoughtful.

Earendil squeezed her shoulder gently. "Whenever you'd like to go, then."

Andarien sat up a bit straighter. "Are we going to go out again?" he asked eagerly.

Earendil looked at Lin. It was true, Andarien probably should get outside again - fresh air, exercise, getting used to being around people - it would be good for him. On the other hand, should he be there when they talked to Iorlas? It would be one thing if they could speak to her in another language, but he didn't know if she knew any languages other than Common Elvish.

Of course he was forgetting the fact that she was a dragon, and that dragons were the masters of languages.

Andarien's eyes lit up brightly. "Mi!" he exclaimed, clambering to his feet.

Earendil chuckled softly. "Off we go then! Do we need anything?"

Andarien picked up his bag and started packing his blocks. "For building!" he grinned.

Andarien beamed at her. "Yes!" he exclaimed. "I can build lots with them!"

Earendil chuckled and helped him to pack them up. "All right then, off we go," he grinned once they'd all been put into the bag. "I'll carry it for now, all right? It's still heavy for you to carry all the way by yourself."

Andarien didn't like that. "But I want to carry them," he protested.

"Only if I carry you," his father replied simply.

The boy thought for a moment, then nodded. "Kay."

He picked up the bag, and Earendil picked up Andarien, and then they were ready to go.

Andarien grinned back at Lin. "They're fun!" he told her cheerfully. "I can make things with them! And make them diff'rent ev'ry time!"

Earendil chuckled, following along after Lin. "There they are," he said, pointing ahead at the open park area where the children were still playing, River, Miyuki and Amalirahc among them. Leyenda and Kelirahc were watching from the sidelines, and it seemed Halmir and Arthael had left the children under their supervision and gone off somewhere themselves.

Instead of playing with a ball, the kids were playing Capture the Flag (or the elven version of it anyways), with rocks lined up to show the barrier between the two sides.

Andarien threw up both hands to wave at the children, dropping his bag in the process. "Miiiiiiiii!" he shouted at the top of his little lungs.

Earendil winced, the shout piercing his ears sharply.

Earendil didn't bother chastising Andarien for shouting. They were outside, after all.

"We could probably have just spoken to Leyenda and Kelirahc," he told Lin with a chuckle, "but I guess it's good if Miyuki knows he's here, too."

He bent over and set Andarien on the ground and picked up his bag for him. "Here, Andarien, take this."

Andarien however had taken off and was running towards Miyuki, arms outstretched.

And Andarien did exactly what Miyuki expected him to do: he ran right into her, not slowing down at all, and threw his arms around her waist. "Miiiiii!" he squealed, hugging her tightly. "Mi! Nana and Ada took me to see you!"

Earendil chuckled. "He does." He hefted the bag in his hand and looked over to where Kelirahc and Leyenda were sitting and watching the game. "We should give them the bag if Andarien's not going to take it with him right away."

Andarien grinned up at Miyuki. "Play with Ada!" he said proudly. "We made a tower with my blocks! But Ada kept knocking it down. And he was teaching me new words!"

He was proud of himself, even though he knew that he had only learned a few words.

Earendil smiled softly to himself and allowed Lin to lead him to where Leyenda and Kelirahc were sitting together on the grass.

"Hello there," Kelirahc greeted them in the Common Tongue. He still did not speak Common Elvish, though he understood some of it. To him it was more difficult than the Common Tongue had been - though to be fair there wasn't the same urgency or incentive for him to learn it, either.

"Hello," Earendil returned the greeting. "Leyenda, how are you feeling today?"

On their trip to the small town, Leyenda had been feeling unwell off and on. Today she looked very well though, and felt it too.

"Wonderful," she beamed at him. "I think it helps that we're not traveling at the moment ... sometimes the movement of the horses really sets it off. But it's also more peaceful here than in Chansond'eau. The people are really different here."