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"Ah... I see," Lore nodded.

Well at least Elnara didn't have to worry about that, he couldn't imagine her as a future queen. Not to say she wouldn't be good at it, but she seemed to be more down to earth. Not to say royalty were not, it was just hard to keep that in perspective when one was here.

He smiled at her comment though, he was glad, that she thought he was worth it.

Storm looked at Starr. "That sounds like when we wanna do something bad," he told her.

"You mean, when you want to do something bad," Starr corrected her twin, waving to Daeron as he left the room. "Not me."

Ignoring her, Storm looked up at Earendil and Lin. "What place you talking about?" he asked curiously. "What mountain?" He paused. "And what is a mountain?"




Elnara lowered her eyes self-consciously. She had a distinct feeling that she knew what their argument had been over. Daeron after all had loved Elnara and Triton when they had been there, and Ruel had been one of her most vocal dissenters, even before they had discovered that she was a shapeshifter. She could only imagine how much less he would tolerate her now.

Lore gently squeezed her hand, she didn't seem pleased, though he couldn't imagine why. Of course he did not know the whole story between her and her family so.

"I guess that would take time, at least he does have a relationship with his sons," Lore murmured, "So there's always a good chance of improvement."

Well he wasn't so sure about that, but as long as this Ruel hadn't enstrangled himself from his sons because of that difference there was hope.

"She did mention something of the sort when she visited," Elnara agreed sadly. "But I think it's wonderful that they go to visit her anyways."

She was discouraged, though. She had hoped that time would help to change his attitude towards her, and seeing Elrohir had only strengthened that hope. Now, she realized, no amount of time could change her second brother's way of thinking.



"Yeah!" Storm added eagerly. "Where to first?" His black wings fluttered excitedly, and he bounced up on the balls of his feet.

"Hmmm...." Lin supposed it would make sense to start from wtihin the castle first.

They had already kind of been thorugh the maze, so....

"The library," she replied, "Since that was where she spent her time when she was waiting for Earendil. Though she could not read she spent it with Sir Valemdar, he tended to read them.

Elnara took a sip of her wine, then held the glass in her hands, tapping it nervously with her forefinger.

"How's Gion doing?" she asked her grandmother. "Donovan said he was going to marry Nadya ... are they married yet? Or better yet, how long ago was it that Donovan was there?"

She looked back at Lore and explained, "Donovan, Triton and Yue came here to get rid of the men who were targeting my mother, and apparently they took Nadya and Gion with them ..."

She paused. "Have I ... ever told you about Nadya?" She knew she had told him Gion was the only brother that she really trusted, but she had no idea whether or not she had ever mentioned her childhood friend to him.

Lore paused for a moment, holding his glass thinking about all the conversations he had with Elnara. The topic of her home had not come up that often as far as he knew, but... in passing.

"In passing I belief," he murmured, "But no more than that."

"Sir Valdemar is our historian," Earendil explained to the twins as he headed towards the stairs. "He's the oldest elf alive - and therefore the oldest non-deity alive - and he writes everything down in books and keeps them in our library."

He chuckled at Starr's question. "If you mean, are we all elves, then the answer is yes - for the most part. But I don't think you'll be seeing anyone else, so don't worry about them. Yes, we're all elves here. But if you're asking if we're all as ... special as her, then no, she's the only special elf here."




Atalya nodded and smiled encouragingly. "That would be a good idea," she agreed. "It's been nine years since the last time we had a visitor from Gaia ... except for Lin, that is - and it's been nearly twenty ... no, over twenty years since the last time you were here. Gion would love to see you, as I'm sure Nadya would, too."

She paused. "Unfortunately," she admitted, "I can't tell you whether or not they've married yet, though I imagine they would be by now. When I last saw Gion, he told me of his intent to marry Nadya, and also of his intent that none of the family be present."

She hesitated then, as if she were going to suggest something else, but didn't know whether she should or not.