I know that none of this will last. Most of it doesn't even seem real, even after being here a whole day! It's hard to wrap my mind around just how easy it's been, to be so far away from Bree and home. I won't say that I'm perfectly at ease because I'm not. I feel excited and fluttery like a butterfly just come from its cocoon. We've seen so many new sights and met so many new faces. And now, we are finally here at Miss Cesistya's aunt's home. I've tried to picture what it might be like so many times on the journey, but of course my mind didn't have anything to picture as I've never seen an elfish home or anything close to one.
But here I go, rambling on and not getting to the point! What I meant to say is that I know this won't last. The days of sitting in a wagon, of seeing new things, and visiting this place that is all too beautiful and surely can't be real! And wearing this dress that were laid out for me by our absent but entirely too kind host. It's so impossibly lovely! White and green, with bits of gold, made of something very soft and airy, so much that it feels almost like wearing nothing at all. Perhaps that is why Tairy looks rather more ornery and pleased than usual when seeing me in it!
It's overwhelming. In a nice way, I guess. I meant to see the Sea with Tairy, and we will see it. Tomorrow, maybe? I'm so excited at the thought! I've waited so long and dreamed so often of just looking at his face, when he sees the Sea again. There are still so many secrets in his eyes. I don't poke and prod into his past much. It's not that I'm not curious. I am! But I feel that there is a right time to ask questions. And that I'll know the time when it's here. There are questions I've wanted to ask him since I first met him, and I haven't asked them yet. I will, one day. I'm just waiting for the right time.
But I have a feeling I might get a little glimpse of something new, when we reach the Sea. I will be watching his eyes.
And then, I will be glad to start on our way home again. I miss home! As lovely and wondering as it is to be so far away, in this enchanted house with its flowery trees and sparkling stream, I miss the Boarding House. And Pumpkin. And Master Tumunir. I don't guess one can take the farm out of the girl, once she's lived that life so long! This place is full of amazement but I don't feel as though I fit in quite right.
Last night, Tairy and I was stood by the stream that runs just outside of the house here. The stars seemed so much brighter than I remember them. The air here is very sweet and fragrant. We was holding each other and he said that some folk believe that water has a spirit, and elves can hear the spirits voices in the streams. I thought maybe I could hear the voice, too. Though I don't know if I did or not, to be sure! How could I ever know for sure? I just felt a very great and big sort of peaceful calm, as if something very old and very wise were there with us. But then, sometimes I feel that way around him anyway. I think that's just how love feels.
