Welcome to Gaia! ::

"Christmas?" Arahad repeated curiously, picking up a book and tossing it onto the bed. He looked at Lin and smiled. "I have to say, though, anything involving cookies has to be good."

He chuckled and stretched his uninjured arm. "Why don't we head out together to find people," he suggested brightly. "It's been weeks since I've been able to do anything decent, especially outside."

Arahad coughed softly. "Taking out one of the horses that hadn't yet been broken," he admitted, "which I knew I wasn't supposed to do. That's why Mother won't let anyone heal me by magic, so that I learn my lesson."

He nodded seriously. "My lesson has been learned, I promise you that. Sitting around all day is so boring ... I wish I could still hunt and ride and everything."

He winked at Lin. "On the bright side, no chores until I'm all healed up, which Mother says won't be until after the harvest, perhaps."

Arahad grinned warmly at Lin. "I'm just as glad, trust me," he agreed. "At least I'm not immobile. And as Mother constantly reminds me - I can still read and write and learn. But I think that a visit from you merits a day off learning."

If nothing else.

"It's very simply," Arahad grinned. "I take you to the people who I know where they are, and for the rest, you give them to me and say tough luck for those who made themselves difficult to find. They'll never know the difference, and my recovery will be that much less painful. What do you say?"

His eyes were glinting brightly, sparkling with laughter. He was joking, and he was certain that she would know it.

Arahad chuckled and nodded at Lin's suggestion. "That's where Mother is," He agreed, "helping out with the planting. Well, most of the planting is done by now, they had to make sure that there would be no more frost, but taking care of them and such."

Technically something he could still help out with, except that Haradhel didn't want him getting his bandages dirty.

"You could always leave them with me," Arahad suggested innocently. "You can trust me. Besides, Mother won't have a place to keep them, in the garden - I can put them away somewhere in the house where they won't get dirty or dropped or anything."

He chuckled softly and led Lin over to the garden, where several elves - Haradhel and Vanya among them - could be seen kneeling and planting seeds in rows.

"Present?" Arahad questioned, curious now. "For whom?"

From Miyu ... probably for Aragost, he reasoned - the two of them were pretty much inseparable when the Gaians were visiting. Though he had no idea what it might be, considering Lin's comment about snowstorms.