The Present
Mune finally managed to deliver the letters to the Hierarch and made her way out of the Temple and towards her house. She and Terebel had been walking for days, and she was eager to relax in their new indoor tub and curl up with one of the books Lavinia left behind. Her eye twitched as Roan came into view, sitting outside of the house with a wooden puzzle, which he was concentrating hard upon. He looked up at her as she approached and blinked. One thing that annoyed her about her cousin was his lack of expression; the kid seemed to be completely devoid of emotion towards anyone but his parents. He still had one red eye, but his other had turned into the striking sea-green that Terebel's were. His hair was black and laced with strands of silver as if he were going gray before his time, but his facial features screamed that of Narlafayn's traits, from the shape of his eyes right down to the way his chin pointed.
"Are they using the entire house?" Mune asked through her teeth, putting a hand to the twitching muscle around her eye and massaging it. Roan nodded and then returned to his puzzle, loosing interest in Mune instantly. She sighed in aggravation, and slumped to the ground next to him to watch him ponder over his puzzle. He was an incredibly bright little boy, and had recently discovered the wonderful world of puzzles thanks to Sharmin's second son, Fitz. "I wish they'd take into account how that kind of behavior is going to scar you later. Doesn't it bother you?" Mune grumbled after staring at him for awhile. He shrugged lightly and sat back on his knees after connecting several pieces of puzzle together.
"I don't care; it means they love each other." Roan responded. His voice had a hoarse edge, as if constantly roughened by illness. His serious intellect was almost as annoying as Waverly's curiosity, and Mune seriously weighed which one of the boys she disliked being around the most. Luckily Waverly was finally growing up, and finding that chopping down trees out in the forest with his squire sword instead of killing Keltir was more fun than hanging around his family.
Mune sighed again as she decided that continuing to reminisce would help curb her boredom while she waited for Terebel and Narlafayn to take their joy at being reunited into the bedroom. Koyori had been banned from seeing the Bahs family after taking off with Tandy without their permission. Calisan had caught up with her moments too late; she'd just turned Tandy over to the Dwarves as he found her, and she didn't know their destination. He'd assured Narlafayn and Terebel that he'd continue searching for Tandy through his business, but five years had passed and he'd had no luck.
There was three years of peace after the Roan incident, although Mune knew for Ryonai those three years were spent in emotional agony. Vuylay had disappeared without a trace, and the lack of her presence began to take a toll on him.
