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Lore got up from his seat to walk with Lothiriel and Pen to the door, he nodded eyeing the window. It looked good now but if the wind picked up.

"Agreed, we can catch up more after the storm..."

Since the two experessed they would stay here for the winter.

"I hope Ulrich and the others are all right on their hunt," Elnara murmured once Lothiriel and Pen had gone, turning to Lore and taking his hands in her own, wringing them anxiously. "They said they would bring food for us but I don't know if they'll have time to get enough ..."

Though as she recalled there was still plenty of food left in the cellar ... perhaps they could make it through the storm without needing more than they already had.

"They'll be fine," Alyse said confidently, coming up behind Lore and Elnara silently. "Neko's been out in all kinds of weather, he's never gotten lost. And Adanedhel's been learning magic from Aragost again, so they'll be fine."

She turned and looked back towards the kitchen. "And it looks like Nako's been keeping you well stocked with everything you need," she added with a warm smile. "Food won't be a problem. There are enough ingredients to make a fresh loaf of bread every day for the next month, plus all sorts of preserves ... if we run out of other things we'll still be eating, though we might be sick of some things by the time we're done."

She giggled softly. "Now come on and finish your lunch before it gets cold," she admonished the two. "At this rate it won't take long at all."

"Well.... I'll have to run it by Alyse," Lore chuckled as he joined her to finish their meal, "There might be things to keep you busy that won't require you to be on your feet, if not... well I'll try to at least keep your mind busy. I'm not sure how, but I know that doing nothing especially since we'll be inside in the coming weeks will be fustrating."

And drive her batty.... which amounted to the same thing.

Elnara giggled at Alyse, then smiled warmly at Lore.

"Thank you," she said softly. "I'll probably be doing a lot of sleeping, too, so that might help."

She couldn't believe how tired she had been of late ... though that might have had something to do with the coming storm. Still, she did have blankets to make, clothes to sew, and of course the nursery to prepare ... though she wasn't sure how much she would be allowed to help out with that particular task.

"Today, yes," Elnara nodded, "though that could simply be from cleaning Alyse's room this morning. I don't know, maybe I'll feel better if I have a nap or something ..."

Though the bedroom was going to be cold ... no fireplace in there ... she frowned softly at the thought. She didn't like sleeping cold ... it was so uncomfortable, and it made her dream ...

Elnara blushed faintly and looked at Lore, biting her lip softly in embarrassment.

"Nothing huge, really," she murmured. "I was just thinking ... if I do take a nap ... it's going to be cold in there. That's all."

She smiled softly. "Maybe I should try sleeping on the couch in the living room," she suggested. "It might not be as comfortable, but at least it will be warm ... and if you're going to be reading in there, you wouldn't be quite as alone."

Elnara smiled brightly as she finished her hotcakes (which weren't so hot anymore) and stacked her dishes on the table.

"Then I'll quicklky grab a blanket from the closet and do that," she nodded. "And when I wake up we'll see what the storm is doing."

She rose and brought her dishes to the counter, the returned to the table to get the syrup and extra dishes.