including Jency's book. "

Gil: "That's not entirely true. Jency's book has been read and that of Nanami and Hitari."

Ely: Interesting.

Inu: "Ely, did you end up here in Amar like us?"Ely: "No, I arrived at a beach, somewhere on the west coast of Ambar."

Gil: "But one thing I don't understand, we met Nanami and Hitari through the bridge, why don't you Jency?"

Ely: "That was also a coincidence. You were in the same bridge connection, Jency and I weren't. That's why I never got to know you personally."

Gil, Inu and Ely look at the door of the room.

Ely: "Now you know your mother's past, Lórellin."

A scrape runs along the wall and ends in a blunt blow. "Why mom? Why didn't you tell me?"

Ely: "Even your father doesn't know anything about my origins."

Lórellin: "What am I? A person? ... A ... A ELF?!?"

Ely: "Adanedhel. A child of a human and an elf."

Lórellin: "How did you find out that I was listening?"

Gil: "Your breath!"

Inu: "And your heartbeat. Your heart was beating so loud that it sounded like it would soon jump into a thousand pieces."Lórellin: "You heard me ?! Unbelievable ..... How old are you really mom?"

Ely: "I'm actually 5061 years old. Here and now I am 38 years old to you."

Lórellin: "I ... I ..... I have to be alone!"

She gets up and runs down the stairs. Some doors slam and it becomes quiet.

Ely: "That must have overrun you a bit."

Gil: "Understandable. Our stay here overran us too."

Ely: "Come on, let's go into the living room. Lórellin must be in the garden. Maybe she'll come back later."

Ely puts the cups of tea back on her black tray and carries them out into the hall. Inu and Gil sit on a yellow sofa in the living room and continue to enjoy their Nen Lalaith.

Gil: "What is Lórellin doing out there?"

Ely: "She plays with the stray cats. Her mixed herbalism allows her to be incredibly good with animals, just like real elves."Gil puts down her cup and goes out onto the porch. The four cats that have gathered around Lórellin look up, and some pace towards them. Gil picks up a tricolor and strokes it over the cat's head. Lórellin, who is sitting with her back to the patio door, throws a biscuit crumb at a tabby, white-pawed cat.

Inu and Ely are watching from the living room. Gil leans against the garden table and lets the cat down again. Her lips move gently and Lórellin straightens up.

After a while, Ely and Inu drank their tea and ate a few cookies. The door opens unexpectedly and Lórellin and Gil come in laughing.
Lórellin: "Are there any cookies left for us?"
Ely: "Of course my sparrow."
While Ely is looking for biscuits in the kitchen cupboard, Gil sits down next to Inu and continues to drink her cold Nen Lalaith.Inu: "I don't want to appear curious, but what did you discuss out there?"
Gil: "Not much! I only told her about our lives, about the dangers in our country, about friends and families and our first impressions of this world here."
Inu: "You don't call that much ?! What you said in one hour is told in sizzling nights around the campfire."
Lórellin: "It's okay, Inu. What she said to me helped me to better understand you and my mother's origins!"
Ely: "I'm glad, Lórellin. And I have to say, you handle it very well."
Gil: "She's not the only one who deals well with this topic. Even Kai was on our side after a brief confusion."
Ely: "Hm, interesting!"
Ely strokes her chin like she has a beard. While Ely goes on like this, Lórellin clears the table: "You mom, Kai comes over for dinner, is that okay?"
Ely: "... Em ... What? Uh, of course that's okay. The poor guy has only been eating ready-made meals since his parents left. Speaking of dinner! I have to prepare the food."
Lórellin: "Come on, we'd better leave my mother alone. She always needs full concentration when cooking!"
Gil: "We already know that from her. If she has no peace, she won't succeed at all, even though she can cook well."
Ely: "Yes! Make fun of me! If you continue like this, there will be dry bread instead of chicken!"
Lórellin: "We're quiet already!"
The three of them run up the stairs, giggling.
Lórellin throws herself on her bed in her room: "Shall we play some game?"
Gil: "A game? Who will pick the biggest bouquet?"
Lórellin: "What kind of game is that?"
Gil: "100 year olds play that.So you hurry to pick the largest and most beautiful bouquet as quickly as possible. The bouquets are then usually brought to the grandmother, who then decides which is the most beautiful bouquet. "
Lórellin looks at her somewhat amused: "When you said that 100 year olds played something like that, I imagined old people sprinting across a meadow and picking flowers. Well, in any case, I mean a board game. Unfortunately, mine is The TV is broken, so we can only play board games, but you can play it alone or with three people. "
She pulls out a few dusty games from under her bed: "Here for example.", With a strong breath, she blows away the thick layer of dust and coughs briefly: "These are a few older games. Here a card game, chess and a game where you have to guess terms. We'd rather leave the last game out, because you don't know all the terms here anyway ... Hm, what do we want to play now?"
Inu: "Hm ... I would like to play the card game."
Gil: "Not a bad idea."
Lórellin: "Ok, let's play this." While she is dealing the cards, she explains the rules of the game. Shortly afterwards the three are playing. Gil, who has the fewest cards in her hand, puts three cards away together and throws her last card on the pile: "YES !! Won !!! God, I'm so good !!!"
Lórellin: "You're really good! I didn't understand it that quickly before."
Gil: "Well, you have to learn to act like your enemy sometimes."
Ely: "Girls! Come down! Food is ready!"
Lórellin: "We're coming !!"
Gil and Inu go first and Lórellin follows them. Downstairs, in the hallway, the doorbell rings suddenly.
Lórellin: "I'll do it, you guys go out to eat!"
A little puzzled, Gil and Inu leave Lórellin alone in the hallway and sit down at the kitchen table.Lórellin slips her black hair behind her ears and then opens the front door, which has rang the bell for the second time: "Yes please ?!"
Kai: "Hello! Can I come in?"
Lórellin: "Of course!", She takes a step to the side and Kai comes in: "It's nice that you are there! There are chickens."
Kai: "Sounds good."
Meanwhile in the kitchen.
Gil: "Do you hear that, Ely?"
Ely: "Yes, yes. Your heart almost bursts. It's nice when you're in love."
Inu: "Oh yes."
Kai comes in through the door: "Hello! I took the liberty of bringing a small present for you." He holds out a large bottle of red wine to Ely
Ely: "Oh, that wouldn't have been necessary, Kai."
Kai: "No more talking! As a thank you, because you have invited me several times."
Lórellin is very embarrassed and looks down, blushing: "Have a seat, Kai."Kai and Lórellin take a seat at the big table and Ely dines her chicken with paprika in mushroom sauce and mashed potatoes: "So, take it!"
Ely's food is eaten vigorously and the mood lasts until late in the evening. Ely leans back after she has eaten copiously and watches her pack around her:> This palpitation of the heart ... is it still from Lórellin? <
She stands up asking herself and clears the table. When she washes the plates and Gil and Inu tell about their experiences with trolls and orcs, she still hears the heartbeat. Interested, she turns around with a plate in hand, which she is drying off and listening. Their eyes glanced over Gil and Inu: 'No, it's not one of them. <, she wanders on to Lórellin and Kai:> It's no longer Lórellin either, but Kai! His heart beats wildly. But why? Does he enjoy sitting next to Lórellin?<
Lórellin pats Kai on the shoulder: "That reminds me of the rainy autumn day with Nanami and Hitari, do you remember Kai?"
Kai, who dreamed something, thinks about it and looks at Lórellin: "Uh, yes, yes! Of course I can still remember it!"
Lórellin tells of a day when they accidentally excluded themselves in really bad weather. While she talks and gesticulates wildly, Kai looks over at Gil and Inu again.
Ely is startled:> It is not Lórellin who makes his heart race, but Inu or Gil, just who? <
His eyes flicker from Inu to Gil and back again. Ely follows his eyes:> One of them ... just which of the two? ... <, suddenly it is clear to her:> It is her! <
She freezes and drops the plate in her hand. In a fraction of a second the name flashes through her head:> It is ... <
"MUMMY!"
Ely awakens from her stupor. Lórellin and the others look at her with big eyes. When Ely looks down, she sees the kitchen towel in her left hand and the plate in a thousand shards on the floor: "Oh ... Sorry, the plate slipped out of my hand."
With trembling fingers she collects the broken pieces in the towel.
Kai: "Wait, I'll help you!"
He walks around the table and helps.
Ely replied with a shaky voice: "No, stop it! I'll do it."
Kai: "It's okay! I'll do it. Take a rest, you seem to be a bit worn out."
"It's good.", Ely stands up and, somewhat confused, pulls fine strands of hair behind her ears: "I'll go get some fresh air."
Ely goes out on the porch and takes a deep breath.
Gil: "What has she got?"
Lórellin: "I don't know either. From one moment to the next she was suddenly so strange."Kai has cleared all the broken pieces together and comes up from the floor with the clattering kitchen towel: "She was completely absent, almost as if she was horrified! ... Where can I put the broken pieces?"
Lórellin: "There's a garbage can in the lower corner cupboard, you can put it in there."
After Kai has disposed of the broken pieces, he looks worriedly on the veranda: "Can't you help her somehow?"
Gil: "She has to deal with this problem on her own. We cannot help her with it."
Lórellin: "It's getting late, you should go home!"
Kai: