Meeting lost family (Jaela)

[Anastasia]

"Meditation, hiking," he starts listing them off, "Dreaming, reading, painting, writing, whatever catches my fancy." He sits back, "Life's too long to only have a few interests."

[Corwin]

"Oh?" Jaela perks up. "Write anything I might've seen? I'm kinda trying to get my feet wet there myself."

[Anastasia]

"Oh, hold on, I have a few books." He goes off, looking around.

"Like him?" Hanna asks quietly.

[Corwin]

Jaela gives Hanna a thumbs up.

[Anastasia]

He comes back over, carrying a book. "Try this," he says. "It's about a prime world I once visited."

[Corwin]

Jaela takes a look!

[Anastasia]

It's a written account of a Prime world. It's a travel diary, outlining things from his perspective. The writing's solid, and you find yourself being drawn in.

[Corwin]

Jaela finds herself comparing the prose to the Gwinnan travel logs as she reads.

[Anastasia]

It's different. The style, word choice and general flow aren't the same. Gwinnan has a lot of verbal tics your brother doesn't. He focuses more on his perceptions and opinions, with less naked exposition of the facts.

As you read, Hanna and your brother go over and start cooking - something in a big cast iron pan. Smells good - eggs and bacon for sure, as well as something sweet.

[Corwin]

"Mm, I've read more than my share of travel logs," Jaela voices, done with the account. "Yours compares favorably with them. You wanted to convey the feeling of being there through anecdotes rather than relay facts and statistics about a given area, I take it?"

[Anastasia]

Hanna brings you over a plate while your brother cleans the pan. Looks like bacon and egg scramble with maple syrup.

"Yeah," he says, "It's not a boring study book, it's what it's like to be there. Some real feeling, yeah?"

[Corwin]

"Yeah, I get you! That's what I like to write, myself!" Jaela is all too happy to agree, before raising her voice. "Hey, Baleruk, buddy! Hungry? We've got food!"

[Anastasia]

The door opens, Baleruk's eye dominating the view. "There were deer nearby." is all he says, before the door shuts.

[Corwin]

Jaela laughs. "Did you eat one? A few? All the deer?"

[Anastasia]

"ALL THE DEER!" Baleruk roars, the entire house shaking.

Hanna merely stands her ground, "Are there any leftovers," she asks calmly.

"If there are, bring them in. Venison will make a good dinner." Your brother adds.