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Earendil got the door for the three of them, and they headed outside.

The house was on a corner - not only of the street, but of the town - and rows of houses stretched out in the two directions that the street went. The other two sides of the house were met by the stone walls of the town: a cold gray, tall and thick.

Andarien already had his Pokemon out and was stroking Ponydash's shoulder affectionately while Eon and Zeus chased each other around, glad to be out of their balls again.

"I'm going to have to let Ponydash go for a good run later on," Andarien mused.

The flick of the Ponyta's ear was the only indication that the creature had heard his master, but it was enough to tell Andarien that the idea was more than agreeable to him.

"Shall we check out the shops?" Daeron suggested, motioning towards the street that would take them to the center of the town, where the businesses were located.

Once the group passed through two streets of homes, they reached the center of the town, which was the business area. It was very quickly evident that they would not be able to read the signs, as they were all in the script of Caras Galadhon; but it also seemed that this would not be the problem they might have imagined it to be, as the signs also included images of the subject of the business's business.

Along the first road they passed, there was a tavern, an office of some kind, and an artist's studio on one side of the street, and along the other side a cobbler, a book shop and a bakery. At the far end of the street, there was a large building with a sign hosting the image of a unicorn kneeling and dipping its horn into a pond.

Daeron looked to Iorlas, since, as the eldest of them all, she would be the most likely to know its meaning.

"I have seen unicorns use their horns to purify water," she told them, "though I don't know how that would apply to a shop ..."

"I don't mind," Iorlas agreed, looking to her husband.

Daeron grinned. "Why not?"

"I'll wait out here with Eon and Zeus and Ponydash," Andarien decided. "If it's something interesting, you can let me know and maybe I'll go in but it's not fair to put them back in their balls so soon after letting them out."

Eon's ears perked up at the suggestion, and Zeus jumped into the air and squealed his excitement.

Andarien chuckled softly. "I don't mind. It'll be good for them to get their exercise, too."

"Then we'll see you in a bit," Earendil smiled at his son. He opened the door and held it for the others.

The shop, being a corner shop, was quite large, many times larger than any of the others on the street, though the first room was not very big. Large windows let in lots of light, illuminating a row of chairs along one of the walls. There was also a table in the room, but aside from that there were few furnishings or decorations, save the curtains that were tied back from the windows.

A bell above the door tinkled as it opened, and again as it closed behind them all, and a Light Elven man, his hair so brightly golden it seemed to sparkle, even indoors as they were, appeared in a doorway.

"Good morning," he greeted them, his eyes moving constantly as he looked them all over. "May I help you?"

The man blinked in surprise, then understanding dawned on his face and he smiled at the group.

"Ah, I see," he murmured. "You must be new to the area, correct?"

Daeron chuckled. "It's that obvious?"

His question drew a laugh from the man. "I would even go so far as to say that you may be new to the continent," he grinned. "You would have to be, not to recognize the symbol of a physician."