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Luthien laughed softly. "Then perhaps it's a good thing you didn't come during summer," she smiled amusedly. "It gets quite a bit hotter then. As I recall, your nephew, Storm, fainted in the heat once ... heatstroke, I believe it was ..."

Her sharp elven ears picked up the sound of something in the bushes, and she looked curiously to see what it was.


Sir Valdemar nodded. "I see," he murmured. "So he hasn't changed at all."

He was distracted momentarily by the arrival of more guests at the doorway, and he rose from his seat, beaming at them.

"Yukito! Yue!" he exclaimed cheerfully. "It's wonderful to see you again! It's been so long! How have you been?"

He smiled warmly down at Miyu. "And who might this be?"

Lore wondered if they would be moving into the manor or if there were going to be other buildings on the property. He had heard a bit about clan grounds and knew many families lived there at once.

He smiled a bit, "We'll be missing the chaos of moving."

Luthien blinked and stared, then burst out laughing. "Well well!" she exclaimed. "What a surprise we have here!"

She giggled at Trisha. "And who might this be?" she asked in amusement. "She reminds me of Kaito, the first time he visted." Though he was quite different now.



Sir Valdemar smiled warmly at the three. "Hello, Miyu," he said softly. "If I'm not mistaken, you are the good friend of my own good friend, Aragost ... but you call him by a different name, do you not?"

He wasn't only trying to figure things out, but also draw the girl out of her shell, make her feel more comfortable by asking her to talk to things she was comfortable with.

Lore considered it, he had actually thought about it himself. It would be wonderful if they could get these type of roses to grow. Though he wondered if it might take cross breeding to make them more hardy.

"During the summer yes... but I think by fall we might have to dig them up and take them inside. I don't know if they would last a winter."

He doubted it.

Luthien laughed sheepishly. "I see," she smiled. She felt a little wakward, though ... because she had never had anyone pawing at her before. She couldn't pick the girl up, her arms were already full ... but she didn't know what to do to discourage the girl from trying.

She looked at Trisha helplessly.



Sir Valdemar smiled warmly at Miyu. "He's very kind, isn't he?" he said softly. "He is a good man. I am glad that he is your friend. He is a good friend to have."

He was actually wondering more if the cold would kill the plant all together, unless it was never meant to bloom again next spring. Lore nodded at this though thoughtfully. To be honest, the librarian would like to have these type of flowers back home.

"Any sort of roses besides these ones you have in mind?"

He was already thinking about it... he was already imagining it going throug the list upon list of roses he knew of. Lore... was a geek in that way, a garden geek.

At least that's what his assistants would say.

Luthien smiled at Triton, relieved that he had shown up. "Not at all," she said softly, "though I have to admit I was a little ... lost with what to do with her." She laughed a bit. "I've never had anyone but Daeron or Earendil do anything like that ... even Tinuviel didn't when she was younger."

She smiled warmly at the neko. "But how are you doing, Triton? I see you've been keeping yourself well."




Sir Valdemar chuckled softly. "Indeed?" he murmured. "And what kind of stories does he like to tell you? Or perhaps the better question is, what kind of stories do you like to hear from him?"

He knew that Aragost would never run out of stories to tell - it was just something that happened when you lived as long as he had.