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Timaeus chuckled at Lin. "Lots of changes around here," he grinned. "Lots." He paused just before closing the door, hearing Miyu out in the hallway, and poked his head out the door again. "Miyu?" he said in a questioning tone. Then his eyes lightened in understanding. "Ah ... right. Changes." He cleared his throat softly. "Um ... Aragost also has a different room now ..."


Haradhel smiled at Donovan. "I would have thought Triton would have told you about them," she said softly. "We've hired on two new fighters, a man and a woman. Celeborn is now in charge of the fighters in general, but the three of them take the children back to their homes together."

She glanced back towards the kitchen, then turned back to Donovan. "Would you like to meet them right now?"


Alyse laughed at Feng and Naida, shifting her nephew on her back. "Yes, yes, we'll play. Come on, then." She giggled and led the troupe from the house, across the yard towards the two-floored building.

"Coming?" Aliya smiled at Amdir.

He shook his head. "I should get to the ranch," he said apologetically. "People understand excuses ... horses don't." He leaned over and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek. "I'll be back for lunch," he assured her; and with a quick hug they parted ways, Amdir turning west, and Aliya south with the others.

"Ah..." Donovan replied, "But he did, which was why I didn't ask who is filling in for Elros and in the future possibly Aragost. I only asked who gets referred to, but if it's with Celeborn then nothing will change, but I'm guessing it might mean he won't go on the hunts now?"

After all to go and be gone again was tiring, which was why Elros never went on a hunt but took children home. He paused a bit thinking on it, he should meet with them.

"And I would like to meet them now."

Since he was going to be talking to Celeborn later anyways.

Lin bit back a sigh, it wasn't that she was aggverated by Miyu's skittish behaviour it was endearing. However, it was sometimes hard to believe someone who was six foot tall and had the ability to turn a person into a popsicle could be scared by everyone so easily.

The twins looked at each other and nodded in agreement at this. Especially in their birthworld they were always allowed in unsupervised.

"True, kidnapping at least isn't something we have to worry about," Ryu commented.
"Why can't they get you?" Naida inquired wondering if Ecthelion had some cool secret behind that.

Miyu blinked, as far as she could remember his room tended to be dark unless someone came to visit him. She didn't know quiet why that was, but she had assumed he didn't mind it like that. Though being reminded of the lady, she looked upstairs again.

"Mi........."

She couldn't help it, people made her nervous for some odd reason. It was a feeling that didn't seem to quite go away.

"Okay."

Timaeus grinned at Miyu. "Go on, you can't miss it. And if you can't go on your own, I'll be here to take you if you need me."

He left his door open to show her she was welcome back if she needed him, then headed into his apartment and turned his attention to Lin instead. "So what do you think?" he grinned.

It was one of the larger apartments, like his parents', though it wasn't quite as large as theirs. The first room was simple - fireplace, table, a few cupboards, desk and a comfortable-looking chair - and besides that, there was only one other room - his bedroom.



Ecthelion grinned at Naida. "Because Daddy wouldn't let them!" he beamed. "Daddy is strong, Daddy knows big magic!"

Alyse nodded her agreement. "The same magic he learned from Aragost when we were little," she explained. "He's teaching Ecthelion the same ... Aragost helps out now and then, though he makes Ecthelion a little uncomfortable." She smiled. "Still, it's nice that he takes the time to come out here once in a while."



"Trust me," Haradhel smiled warmly at Donovan, "he sees it quite the opposite. He wishes he could do more. Keep in mind, this is what life out here is like - there is little true rest ... just wait, you'll see an example of what I mean."

She opened the door of the barracks for them and nodded for him to lead the way inside.

"This is really neat," Lin grinned looking around, "And you can still join yoru family for supper if you're all off shift at the same time."

True it wasn't as large as theirs but for just one person she knew this was more than enough. It put him close to his family still, but now he was technically living on his own.

"How long has it been?"

Donovan stepped in looking down both hallways, he didn't see the girls, but he was sure he heard a slight mi-ing coming from the top floor. He probably didn't want to know what set that one off this time.

"Where are their rooms?"

Beside Rhea sat a young woman whom for the most part didn't look like she changed overly that much. Except her hair was much longer, braided loosely and she had clothes more fitting for the world she currently lived in. She sighed a bit.

"Rhea..." she gave the young lady a look.

"Auntie Cindy!" Naida waved like a squirrel on sugar, "We came to visit you!"

The little mer girl was nearly half hanging out of her mother's arms, at least Feng was trying to keep Naida in her arms.

Miyu smiled brightly looking up, forgetting now why she had been so nervous going down that hallway. It was a joy really for her to have some visiting time with Yami-san.

"Yami-san!"

Timaeus grinned at Lin. "How old are you now, anyways?" he asked curiously, motioning for her to take a seat. "I mean, you've been coming here since long before I was born ... and I see it looks like you've finally grown to adulthood as well." He chuckled softly.


Haradhel smiled ruefully at Donovan. "Well ... it's a disposition, I suppose. But I'm sure she'll be fine as soon as she spends a bit more time with Aragost. He's good for her, really. Though I'm still not sure how she became so attached to him." She laughed softly. He was the scariest person on the ranch, hands down, and yet the most timid person Haradhel had ever met (barring Adonijah) was his most avid admirer.



Rhea looked evenly back at Cindy. "Rose doesn't like him using that spell anyways," she reminded her teacher matter-of-factly. "Especially around other people."

Her wit had obviously grown just as much as her beauty, though there were times when she used the truth to her advantage.

"Besides," she added, "I'm not using it myself, and I'm not even really channeling it through the staff ... so it means I'm doing it correctly."

Whisper sighed softly. "Even I can't argue that," she murmured quietly. She rubbed her face with her paw, then padded over to Feng and Ryu, circling them and looking up at them curiously. "You have a similar smell to Triton," she said softly, "but ... more watery. Fishy even."



Aragost reached forward and pulled Miyu close for a gentle hug, letting it linger for longer than he ever had before before he released her and stepped aside.

"Come in," he said softly, sweeping one arm towards the room invitingly.