Dreaming Elyniah
I've been reading this book - 'Moondial' but Helen Cresswell and for some reason, your drawing of the little girl in front of the fountain keeps springing to mind. Now it just won't go away, so I write to you.

Forgive me if we have been through this before, but I don't think I have so... suppose that week we spent with Christophuis (sp) was in Elyniah. The girl, Elyniahn. The hall; us... that picture you drew of him, what was his tunic like again? In my mind, I see it of a similar brand to that of Mikael's and having written that, I immediately see a story unfurling, so bear with me as my heartrate picks up and I write some more...

8:45pm/5:45am -
- There is a battle. The attack force that Mikael heads with is not enough on its own. They are First House. Could it be possible that Christoph is a part of the Third House forces? If so, this could mean the first of Mikael's interaction with this house, and that would place him at... around 24 years of age?

- questions: what is this battle/Where/Why?
- What is Mikael stationsed as? Second in command?
- What of Christoph? Just above 'grunt' equivelent?
- Why do the two come into interaction?
- Squeeee!!! We had contact with one who had contact with Mikael!!!!
- When did our 'episode' take place in all of this? After?
- Mikael was at an emotionless period, possibly due to newness of rank.
- Both were newly promoted to the positions they were each at.
- Christpoh was far more carefree than when we met him.


Also, all this talk about cats had brought me 'memories' of a cat that Mikael, Eshu and Brydn hid away in their dormroom somewhere around 4th year. It is a sort of familiar to them, especially Mikael and Eshu. They are ratted out on and just when they are about to be caught out with an animal hidden with them, it disappears, and doesn't come back.

It is only about 20ish years later, when Danae is romping around fields that a strangely familiar cat comes towards her, well aged by now and seeming almost to know her. When Mikael sees it, he can hardly believe his instinct telling him that it is the same cat come to impart some more needed wisdom in the familiar's way.

I think that there is another couple of times this cat appears between the two pinpointed times. Once for Mikael and once for Eshu at about the 10 year after schooling point... dunno.

What do you think?