[@Culluket], [@Thortimer], [@Errant Son], [@Life in Stasis] - would it step on any of your toes if I end my post with the lot of your characters sitting down for tea in my family's keep?  (I'm assuming Alonso would insist they keep the mage with them.)

EDIT: If at all possible it's going up this evening, by which I mean some absurd hour tomorrow morning.