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Jess nodded and held the door open further. "Doing some tinkering, I think," he said, showing them where Andarien was sitting at a desk with some gears and his tools out in front of him. Eon was also on the desk, sitting quietly in one corner and watching his master curiously.

Andarien looked over his shoulder when Eon gave him a pointed yip and grinned at his parents.

"Hi, Nana! Hi, Ada! What's up?"

Andarien's eyes grew wide, and he bit his lip as if he was trying to make a very difficult decision. He looked at his gears and tools, then back at his parents, then back at his tools, and then back at his parents once more.

"But ... I've never met Arwen," he said slowly, "and ... and she's Leyenda's mother ... and ... we never went to this city before when we were traveling ..."

He bit his lip again and looked back at his gears.

Earendil smiled. "Well, you have the entire trip to meet Arwen and use your gears, but you are right, we haven't brought you to this city before and that's one thing that you can't see while we're traveling."

Andarien made up his mind. "I'll go with you," he decided, reaching for his cap. "I can work on this when we get back! Come on, Eon!"

He plunked his cap on his head and made sure both of his Pokeballs were safely in his belt, then motioned for Eon to follow him and moved quickly to join his parents.

"Okay!" Andarien grinned as he joined his parents at the door. "See you later, Jess!" he called back into the room.

"Later," Jess called back.

Before they closed the door, River and Aranxia approached the three. "Hold up!" River called out, grinning. "We're here to collect Jess!"

"Absolutely!" River beamed. "None of us have been here before, and it's so different from any place we've been!"

"We're hoping that Miyuki might show us around," Aranxia added with a warm smile. "She's been here before, hasn't she?"

Jess came out of the room and closed the door behind himself, then stood next to River. He said nothing, not wanting to interrupt the conversation at hand.

"Sure," River agreed cheerfully. "But if she doesn't want to come, that's okay, too. We'll just explore and hope that we can find our way back here!"

She laughed. Aranxia looked a bit worried, but Jess was chuckling as well.

"Don't worry," he assured Aranxia quietly. "River doesn't know how to get lost. We'll be fine, regardless."

"Sure," River grinned. "We'll be ... um, where will we be?"

She looked to the others to see what they thought.

"Dining room?" Jess suggested. "Just for something small?"

River giggled. "Sure. We'll be in the dining room. If Miyuki's going to go with you just let us know on your way out!"

"Thank you," Aranxia added as the three of them continued down the hall.

"They're waiting for you in the dining room here in the inn," Earendil informed her, "so whenever you're ready, you can join them there. Andarien will be coming with us to talk to Arwen ... we're going to find out when we'll be leaving. We're not sure what we'll be doing after that, so keep out of trouble, and we'll see you back here for dinner, all right?"

He smiled at her. He didn't expect her to get into any trouble at all, he was just teasing her.

Andarien blinked as Miyuki ran off, then looked up at his parents.

"She's really in a hurry," he remarked with a half-grin.

Earendil chuckled. "Nothing wrong with that," he winked. "Now come on, time for us to go, too."