A few sharp taps against the glass preceded a few seconds of waiting. Fendros put his fist on his hip as he looked up at the window. It didn't take long for a pair of curious red eyes to float up, framed by the grey oval that was a Dunmer face. The eyes widened when they found Ahnasha and Fendros. There was wooden clunk and creak as the window was opened from the inside, revealing Llarasa with a shocked expression.

"Is it...? How did...?" Llarasa held her hands against the window sill for balance.

"Good morning, Llarasa," Fendros began.

Immediately, Llarasa put a finger to her lips and leaned forward in a fluster. "Hush-shh-sh!" She hissed, before pointing down to the pair of them, "Stay right there. Monderyn and father are out on the fields, they might hear you!"

Fendros breathed in to reply, but Llarasa already disappeared back into the window, closing it as she retreated. A few muffled clomps of shoes on wooden floors could be heard from within the house. Fendros looked to Ahnasha with a high brow. They had written ahead saying that they might visit in the future, but it was surprising to see Llarasa taking secrecy into account, even here.

Of course, there was only so much guile possible when Llarasa came running out from one side of the house in a plain dull blue dress and charged across the gravel into Fendros. Upon impact, Fendros stepped back to rebalance. Llarasa had her arms tightly wrapped around him. It took a moment for him to do the same.

Llarasa's voice whimpered against Fendros' shoulder. "It's so good to see you again, brother." She sniffed. "I'm so glad you decided to come."

For the first time all day, Fendros' shoulders lowered with an outward breath. "It's good to see you too, Llarasa."

The siblings remained in a tight hug for several seconds further until a realisation came over Llarasa. She pulled back and spun to Ahnasha. "You've come too, Ahnasha?" Llarasa let out huff and almost grinned. She stepped forward and gave Ahnasha a quick hug as well. "It's good to see you, too, but..." Llarasa took two paces backwards and alternated her glistening eyes between the two. "We shouldn't remain here if you don't want mother and father seeing. We should go out somewhere!"

"Actually, Llarasa..." Fendros' anxiety returned. He averted his eyes from her. "I've come to see everyone."

Llarasa's smile lowered and she blinked. Her eyes flicked to Ahnasha, then back to Fendros. It was in that silence that they noticed Llarasa's breathing becoming irregular. "Um..." she murmured after a while. "Are you certain? I...I don't they will react."

Fendros nodded. He was determined.

"Where are-" Llarasa's voice cracked and she stopped to swallow. "Where are the rest of you? Where is little Rhazii?"

Fendros looked to Ahnasha. He let her answer. Fendros convinced her that showing their child might be too much at once, leaving him to the pack while they were in Cheydinhal. She might have other things to add as well.

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Harriet stuck to the most crowded streets for reasons that Meesei had already deduced. She tilted her hooded head when Meesei spoke, but didn't face her. The little Orc girl holding onto her hand, Narsi, had her other hand in her mouth as she looked up with curiosity to Meesei. Her big eyes mostly seemed confused.

"Hm? Sorry miss, I'm in a hurry." Harriet's voice came out in a surprisingly oblivious tone. "If it's about a pair of shoes you ordered, you can come with me to my house, I just have to put my daughter to bed. It's nap time and she gets cranky if she doesn't have her nap time."

Harriet wasn't stopping. She was approaching what looked to be a small house at the edge of the markets. It had a number of doors, suggesting that it was a shared building. The door she approached did not suggest that she had a lot of living space.