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Lin nodded to Storm, "Those are the barracks where the fighters live, there are fighters that Miyu and I visit all the time over here."

Even though they visited different fighters at the same time, and rarely the same at the same time.

"Yea, there's a lot of people this time," Donovan chuckled at that.

Aliya giggled softly at Ryu, then peered past him at Tao.

"And you must be Tao," she grinned at the griffin, releasing Ryu and reaching her hand out to pat Tao on the head. "You're cute."

She glanced over at Feng. "You're sure she would keep the kids safe? She seems ... I hate to say it, but a little too friendly ..."

She couldn't help but wonder if the griffin wouldn't just go up to any humans that showed up and try to make frieds with them.

Shiro's ears perked up at Arwen's call, and he tugged Ura's hand gently.

"Come on," he murmured, "she can't carry all the bags on her own. Let's help her!"

Ura nodded his agreement, and the two of them slipped out from between everyone, taking bags as they went.

Elnara smiled and handed her bag down to Arwen, then moved forward to help un-crowd the hall.

"This way," Celebor directed her from where he was standing, pointing into the dining room. "There's a lot of room in there anyways."

Elnara nodded gratefully and headed into the dining room as directed and found that it was indeed quite large - seating for at least a hundred, she was certain, and for a moment she wondered how Haradhel managed it all, especially when she was pregnant like that.

"You two becareful," Lore warned.

He didn't want them to take on more than they could handle, though he had to smile at their helpfulness. It was just like Shiro in a way.

As the basket was jostled by Tao, Adonijah was woken suddenly from his sleep and he let out a long wail of fright that turned into a crescendo of high-pitched cries that only a newborn baby could make.

Aliya cursed softly under her breath and put the basket down on the table, gently nudging Tao aside so that she could pick up her son with all of the blankets. She held him to her shoulder, rocking him gently and murmuring softly to him, and slowly but surely his cries ceased to soft whimpers.

"So we would have to train her," she murmured, holding her son carefully. "I'd appreciate if you could help with that, at least for the first while, while you're here."

Now that Aliya was outside and not holding the basket, Alyse crawled out from under the table and clung to her mother's leg, looking shyly up at Feng and Ryu.

Shiro nodded and followed after Arwen. "Come on, Ura," he beckoned. "Follow me!"

The two demons headed off after Arwen, and for the first time Shiro wasn't leading Ura by the hand.

Skye, who had been following behind Lore, stepped forward and took his hand.

"Come, Papa," she smiled up at him. "Haradhel says go that way!" And she pointed at the doorway where her aunt had disappeared.

Lore smiled fondly at Skye as he felt her hand take his, "Alright then," he murmured to her.

He led her in the direction that she had pointed to, it was hard to imagine that there were so many people much that there was room for everyone. Though if the dining hall was to be a judge there was enough room.

Aliya blinked at Tao, and though she understood what the griffin was trying to do she twisted her body gently so that Adonijah would be protected from her.

"No, Tao," she said firmly. "He's too little, too young. No feathers for Adonijah."

Alyse peered up at Feng timidly and pressed herself closer to her mother's legs. Her face turned a light shade of red and she tried to hide a bit, but she smiled faintly and raised one hand a bit, waving one finger back at Feng.