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"But think of it from Shael and Adonai's position," Earendil laughed. "They had met the man for a while before then already. To be fair ..."

He paused, grinning. "Well, I guess Aerin's unexpected arrival kind of didn't help. I mean ... she was really one of the reasons Aurin's king allowed him to come here."

If not the biggest one.

Earendil had to think about that. Had they done much else?

"Well ... you probably haven't met Haldia yet," he murmured. "Did you know that they can summon spirits of the ancient creatures to aid them? And Leyenda now, too, since she got her mark when she married Kelirahc."

That was interesting, at the very least. He wasn't sure what else would be as exciting as all that.

Earendil laughed. "I'd say so, she's as excitable as Rhea, if that says anything. Well," he amended, "she's toned down, settled down since she had Amalirahc. So she would be excited, but not ... crazy, shall we say."

Vergil looked up at Earendil. He had taken a seat in the middle of all of the adults, since the children were, despite being his size, much younger mentally.

"Are you saying that Rhea is crazy?" he asked him innocently.

Earendil laughed heartily. "Maybe the word I should have used was immature," he chortled. "I think it would be more accurate. Leyenda matured when she had began a family, I'm sure Rhea will as well. But my point was, Leyenda would be delighted to meet the both of you, as would Kelirahc and Haldia, I'm sure. Honestly, Cindy," he added, turning to her, "you would be amazed at just how normal those two would act with you. It's one thing for us, who know you, to act as though wings and a tail on a person are natural - but even when we first were on their island, and they didn't know us, and we hadn't seen them before ... they acted as if seeing Lin and Shiro and Kaito, with their wings, was the most natural thing in the world. They didn't even bat an eye!"

He chuckled again, thinking back. "They were more amazed at the idea of snow, I think."

Earendil grimaced. "I can now safely say," he intoned, "that being in prison is without a doubt the worst experience of my life. And Lin, I agree with you now, that Haldia had the worst of it."

He looked over at Cindy and explained, "When we arrived at the island, Haldia and I were the first to go introduce ourselves ... for our trouble, we were thrown in prison. Rather, I was thrown in prison, and Haldia was thrown in the deepest, darkest dungeon with a handful of gnomes. Keep in mind, that was the first time she had ever been in a building of any sort, other than a grass hut."

"I don't know," Earendil replied simply, not wanting to get into the politics of Amon Darthir (since he didn't want her to worry about Rhea, who was going to go there no matter what), and also since he really didn't understand the way things were run there. "But Lin and Rhea came the next day and managed to rescue us peacefully. To be honest, their historian and royal adviser did tell us that the prince, who was the one who locked us up, isn't the brightest, shall we say."

Earendil laughed softly. "I was tempted to do something," he admitted. "But I thought it better if I stayed where I was. At least then they wouldn't have a reason to do anything else to me. At any rate, I was glad when Lin and Rhea came, though that was nothing compared to when they got Haldia out."

"Jailbreak?" Vergil asked eagerly.