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Earendil looked at Lin, then looked over at Leyenda and her parents. "You really think it's going to be that simple?" he asked softly so that only she could hear him.

Leyenda looked a little afraid as her parents surrounded her and led her back towards the fires. Earendil couldn't blame her. Vanishing for five days, coming back married, and having such chaos upon her return ... it was a lot for anyone to take in, and Arwen and Roydon had been worried sick for days.

"Violent side?" Earendil blinked at her. "Her, yes. But him? He just stood there and calmed her down as best he could ..."

He sighed. "But I know what you mean. This is a first, for both races. And I do agree with you, I think they're elves of some kind."

He started back towards the fires. "I just hope that he doesn't get blasted when he gets back there." He really was a nice man ... and he really did seem to care for Leyenda. Neither one of them deserved to be punished for that.

He looked towards the fire where Leyenda was sitting with her parents. He couldn't hear their conversation, but from the look on Leyenda's face, it wasn't a pleasant one.

"Keep in mind," Earendil murmured as they approached the fires, "you also didn't get the whole conversation. If you want clarification, ask Rhea. She's the only one who heard it all."

As fast as the two had been speaking, he was certain that she had just been paraphrasing.

Rhea was still standing where the confrontation had taken place, staring off into the sky.

"I hope not, too," Earendil nodded sadly. "It really is a nice island ... and I've barely begun charting it."

Not to mention, Shiro wanted to explore and study so much more ...

"But I think we might be stuck here for a while anyways," he added, "if only so that Leyenda can get things straightened out ..."

Since it really was quite the mess.

He sighed. "I guess there's nothing we can do but wait until the morning."

"As if we aren't already," Earendil chuckled softly.


When morning came, Leyenda was sitting outside the shelter, watching the sky anxiously. She had been up all night, and it showed: her eyes were slightly red, and very dry, and she looked utterly exhausted.

Shiro was asleep in the sand next to her. He had promised to be there to translate when her husband returned, but he had chosen to sleep while waiting for him.

No one else was watching for him either ... it seemed as though Leyenda was the only one who had faith that he would indeed return as promised.

Leyenda gasped slightly in surprise as Senka appeared, but she smiled and picked up the little cat, placing her in her lap and stroking her gently. "It seems someone had a good sleep," she murmured softly. She smiled faintly. "Mother didn't send you here to tell me to sleep, did she?"

She knew she ought to have slept, but she didn't want to risk someone else meeting Kelirahc first and possibly sending him away again.

Leyenda nodded slowly and kept petting Senka. "Good," she murmured. "Good ..." She sighed. "Senka, how much did you understand of what happened last night?"

Would she be able to talk to the cat about it? Or would it all go over her head? She felt as if she needed to talk to someone, tell them what had happened, without them judging her, but she wanted it to be someone who would understand what she was talking about ...

Leyenda blinked at Senka, then laughed out loud. "I suppose that's one way of putting it," she giggled, poking Senka on the nose, "but it's a bit more complicated than that."

She lay back on the sand, moving Senka so that she was lying on her stomach, and kept petting her. "Though I guess when it comes to elven rituals and so on, you wouldn't understand ..." She smiled faintly. "Sometimes I wish the world were as simple as you put it."