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That didn't make any sense to Earendil ... the thought that Donovan giving him such a hard time was a good thing was making his brain hurt. He looked at Kara, wondering what kind of a person took so much joy out of causing others so much trouble, but before he could ask her any more questions, she was gone.

With a sigh, he rubbed his forehead with his thumb and forefinger. Why did things have to be so complicated?

His mind was too busy for sleep now. Instead of heading back to the house, he sat down under a tree and gazed up at the stars as his thoughts overtook him.

Haldia was also in the dining room, and she had already finished eating. She waved at Lin as she entered and called out, "Good morning!"

Of course, for her, Lin was the first one who had shown up who she could speak with, since her Common Tongue was still terrible, and no one else present spoke her language.

Haldia shrugged. "I don't think he came in last night," she replied. "His room is next to mine, and I did not hear him at all. And the bed was neat when I passed his door on my way down for breakfast."

She hadn't given it a second thought until now, but Haradhel hadn't seen him that morning either. Maybe he hadn't come back from his walk.

She turned to Kara. "Did he come back with you last night?" she asked, trusting that Lin would translate for her.

Haldia was only mildly worried about him. After all, her people lived in the night, to her there was nothing to fear.

"Should we go look for him, do you think?" she asked Lin, trying to be helpful. "We can take Rhiel and search from the sky, that will go faster."

Haldia nodded and rose from her seat. "I'm ready," she told Lin. "Are you going to take Miyuki? I know we took her a few times flying already, but that was just going from one place to another, this will be a bit different, I think."

Significantly more dipping, and possibly a difficult landing, at the least.

Haldia nodded and headed for the door, moving quickly since she knew Lin was worried. The moment she was outside, she summoned her roc and climbed up onto her back. She held a hand down to help Lin up.

"Do you know which direction they went last night?" she asked anxiously. "I know he wouldn't necessarily be in that same direction still, but it would give us a place to start."

Haldia nodded, and as soon as Lin was sitting, she urged Rhiel into the air. The roc leapt up and spread her wings, and within seconds they were above the trees. She took them a bit higher so that they could see further, but not so far that they wouldn't be able to see him on the ground.

"I just hope he isn't under the trees," Haldia called back to Lin. "It is difficult to see through them ..."

"Think positively," Haldia smiled. "Even if he did sleep outside, he would already be awake, yes? He has never slept past the rising of the sun."

He could simply have been up very early and gone out for some reason.