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Elnara left her door slightly open in case the twins decided they wanted to leave the room.

"Good morning, Lin," she greeted her little sister quietly. "Where are you off to so determinedly?" She smiled. She was curious mostly because it seemed as though Lin had done this many times before and was used to mornings at the castle.

Elnara blinked at Lin. "Right," she murmured. "Wow ... you know what things are like here even better than I do. How many times have you been here before, exactly? And how long each time?"

It wasn't surprising really that Elnara didn't know about these visits; truth be told, she was rarely at the inn herself, and knew very little anymore about what the rest of the family did all the time. She hardly even saw Triton anymore, except when work (either at the school or the cafe) brought them together.

"Then you've spent more time here than I ever have," Elnara laughed, straightening again. "Well, just don't get anyone upset-" and by anyone she meant Ruel "-so that we don't have any more problems than we already have, okay?"

A door down the hall opened and Silvrendir appeared, rubbing sleep from his eyes, his bright red hair going in every which direction. He waved to Lin and headed to Elnara, putting his hands up to her to be picked up.

"All right, then," Elnara smiled, picking up Silvrendir and tucking him in her arms. "See you later!"

She checked on Serenity and Skye, who were both still sleeping, and then on Celebor, who had just finished getting dressed.

"Guess what, Mommy!" he bubbled as he came out of his room. "It's huge in there! Even the bathtub is huge, it was big enough for me to go swimming in! But don't worry I didn't try use my magic, cos I know I can't do it 'less Feng or Ryu's around so I don't drownd myself. But the bed is so big it fit me and Silver both and there was still lots and lots of room left over!"

His green eyes flashed excitedly.

Elnara laughed. "I'm glad you liked it," she grinned, ruffling his hair affectionately. She ran her fingers through it and smiled. "Shall I put your braid in for you today?"

"Yes please!" Celebor grinned eagerly.

Elnara giggled. "Back to your room, then," she told him, and ushered him back into the room, leaving the door wide open behind them.

Meanwhile Lin hurried down the hallway, she wasn't completely sure of Sir Valdemar's timetable, but she figured as she ran down the hallway she first met him that if he walked out, then she would spend breakfast with him. If he did not walked out then she would go and have breakfast with the rest of Elnara's family and then go Ruel stalking.

Despite Elnara's warnings, she was not worried, besides she had a back up plan. Hide behind the guards' legs.

Lore tilted his head a bit, before making his way over to the room where he heard Elnara's voice float out of. That and it wasn't hard to hear the sound of material moving. Though he didn't know why it sounded like that.

His inner question was answered though, much to his amusement upon seeing the two little ones jumping on the bed.

"Careful you two," Lore murmured as he walked in, "Though it seems most are up, how is Storm today?"

Elnara grimaced slightly as she finished up Celebor's braid and tied a small cord around the end of it. "He's a bit better, I think," she replied, staying where she was and folding her hands in her lap, "but he's cranky and sleepy, so I left him in bed. Starr's there with him, watching him, taking care of him ... I left the door open a bit so that she could get help if she needed, and so that we can check on them periodically without waking Storm.

Celebor looked up at Lore and Elnara curiously. "Storm sick?" he asked. "Still? Nobody was this sick before, that I know of. Were they?"

"Not really, no," Elnara smiled at her eldest, "but it happens."

Idhril, meanwhile had given up on the jumping on the bed idea and instead was making her way over to where Lore was standing.

"Good morning, Papa!" she giggled, sliding off the bed and tackling Lore's ankles. She held her arms up to him. "Guess what!" she added brightly, her golden eyes sparkling.

Silvrendir giggled and kept jumping. Hew as having too much fun to stop.