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"Well, I'm definitely going to have to look at it then," Earendil grinned. "It sounds very interesting."

Celeborn grinned. "Give your brother a visit while you're at it, why don't you? He's in the second barracks, near the main house. I'm sure he would be glad to see you. By the way, what's your name?"

Earendil chuckled, then bowed his head. "Earendil Aldrich, son of Ruel and Luthien."

"A pleasure to meet you, Earendil Aldrich," Celeborn grinned. "Welcome to Haven."

Celeborn nodded. "Understood. I hear she has a visitor that she wasn't exactly happy to see. Well ..." He grimaced. "She was and she wasn't. If that makes any sense."

"Considering what we know of the situation, yes, it does." Earendil frowned. "But what we hear and what we see is so conflicted ..." He turned to Lin. "Maybe we should ask Aurin about what's going on. Surely he would know, at least some of it ..."

Not to mention he was someone who was willing to talk.

"I know," Earendil nodded. "But even that would tell us something, wouldn't it?" He arched one eyebrow at her. After all, if he declined to say anything, it would mean that he had a negative opinion. Otherwise he wouldn't have any trouble speaking.

"I would suggest that you do that, then," Celeborn nodded. "I have to get back to my rounds. But please, let me know how things go with Aerin. We are all concerned about her."

Once Celeborn was gone again, Earendil turned back to Lin. "So," he grinned, "what are the butterflies telling you today?"

He was amused. He had never seen so many at once, and especially not on a person. He rocked Miyuki, trying to keep her from wanting to get at the butterflies.

Earendil's eyes lit up. "Absolutely!" he agreed. "I haven't seen my brother in decades ... only a few times since he left home, and that was ... at least sixty years ago now."

Such a long time ...

Earendil grinned at Lin. "And seeing as Amora had a child when we first left for our Southland trip, that was a very long time ago," he commented. "So I think it's safe to say, it's been a very long time for both of us."

He tried putting his fingers in Miyuki's hands so that she would play with them instead of trying to reach for the butterflies. "How long do you think we should wait before we go to the Eastland?" he asked as they walked back through the forest. "Not that I'm a hurry to leave, but Aurin has a letter to deliver, and he does have to get back to his own people sooner or later ... probably sooner rather than later, since he's been gone half a year already."

On the other hand, he wanted to get to the bottom of the mystery about Aerin first, before their source of information could leave.

Earendil let Miyuki suck on his fingers, though only the first bit of them. His hands were clean, after all.

"I wish Aurin weren't caught in the middle of it," he murmured sadly. "But I suppose that the only way we're going to know anything is to speak with him and Aerin, perhaps even at the same time."

Earendil agreed wholeheartedly. He wasn't comfortable with the idea of Rhea going back there at the moment, and he was certain that if her parents knew what was going on, they would be a little hesitant as well.

"Who else is there to visit?" he asked. "I know we still haven't really talked with Ulani and Ulrich, though we did meet them yesterday ... and there's their daughter, and her children, and their families ..."

It almost made him wonder if he would ever meet all of them before they had to go again.