[Child of the 7th Age]

Child spoke with Daisy at some length about the hobbrim and their quest to find his kin and reunite them. The girl shook her head in disbelief. "How can he possibly be a relative of ours? He looks nothing like any hobbit I know!"

Child gently reprimanded her, "If you will look beyond his face and body into his heart, you will see how very much alike we are. Kali enjoys the same things we do. He loves mushrooms, and parties, and being part of a large family. He is gentle, has an impish sense of humor, and is always playing little tricks."

"And he loves the Sea, in the same way that my family loves the brown soil and the green things that grow. Since you also claim to love the Sea, you two should have something in common. Daisy, he is young and doesn't speak Westron well, although his Elvish and Adunaic are far more fluent than mine. But he is not a child. Like you, he has had to manage on his own, without parents or kin. And he knows more about Ulmo and the Sea and its creatures than anyone I have met. I know he will be glad to teach you, if you let him be a friend."

Daisy looked skeptical, but promised to try and hold her tongue.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door and Veritas thrust her head in. "Mithadan wants you and Rose and the new one there to come to his quarters. And, if I were you, I'd be quick about it. He didn't look too happy when I left him." Child put her hand to her forehead and groaned.

[ July 16, 2002: Message edited by: Child of the 7th Age ]