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Yue made his way down the steps as his younger sister Mia more or less skipped down the steps cutely with Alice in her arms. He mused that she would have looked like a normal girl if it weren't for that creepy thing she called her plushie.


"Good morning," Mia smiled brightly turning on all manner of cuteness to get a positive response from their hostess.

Gion let the others get their breakfasts first, instead heading to the counter to pack his bag with all of the food Laer had left out for him. He wasn't terribly hungry anyways, he was used to traveling like that, and eating the fares they had been eating. He was, however, looking forward to the desert travel as a contrast to the cold of the Northland, though he knew that by the time they actually reached the city he would be longing for the coolness of the plantation once again.

"Yay! Thank you!" Mia grinned as she went for the table to sit down.

She didn't dig in right away as she set Alice right beside the late as if the toy was going to partake in her food as well.

"It does look yummy doesn't it Alice?"

Donovan shook his head at Mia a bit, it was hard to believe someone who could act that cute could be that dangerous. Though he supposed as he took a seat that, that was the point. She was acting cute.

"Thanks," he murmured before starting his breakfast.

Gion looked up at Triton sharply, surprised. Not in a bad way, it just hadn't occurred to him that he could pass along a message of some sort. But what to tell her?

He thought for a moment, then brought up his hands and signed, Could you tell her about me and Nadya? And that Mother is safe now? And ...

He trailed off, lowering his hands slowly. For all of the years she had been gone now, there was so much that he wanted to tell her ... but most of it was private, personal, things that would best be said face to face. He could write a letter, he mused, but it wouldn't be the same - and the things he wanted to say were important enough that they could wait until the next time he saw her - if he ever did again.

Finally, he brought up his hands once more and signed, Tell her that ... we would dearly love for her to come and visit. I'd do almost anything to see her again.

His eyes grew sad, wistful.

Triton sweated a bit at Donovan's blunt overview of Elnara's life, had they even remembered to mention those things to Gion? He didn't know how much Gion had heard about Elnara previous to this, and though they had talked about it in lengths with Elorhir, he was sure they hadn't mentioned it to Gion.

"Do you always have to drop bombshells onto people?" Triton asked Donovan.

Gion blinked, and his hands came up again. What? What's this? he signed quickly. I knew Elnara had a few children that she'd adopted, but ... who is this other person?

There was no sign for the name, and he had never heard of a librarian (since of course the only library that he had ever heard of was his Grandmother's, and Sir Valdemar took care of that one).

"And people say I don't have social skills," Donovan muttered, "And I didn't say anything about the matter this time around."