"Oh, well." Merrill flushes, slightly embarrassed. "I got rather lost for a good portion of it- but I spent a lot of time in the alienages that we'd been through, and a few we missed, too!"

Adventure wasn't necessarily the right word for those times, but it had been good work. If a few bad shem'len were less likely to harass those elves now, well... it was better work.

Barkley, all mutt that he is, wiggles his entire body as he gets the treat. It's quickly scarfed down and then he prettily flops himself down by their feet, looking up at Beleth as if to point out that he is a Good Boy and should get more.

"How are things here? How have you been?"