Ranuk shrugged, his giant hands signing a yes.  At least Tamlin wouldn't butcher his name, then...  That was good.  The elf relaxed a bit, practicing the name in his head, and then noticed Ranuk signing again.<br/><br/>The way he phrased 'sister' was interesting, a unique configuration Tamlin hadn't seen before.  He understood the signs separately, but seeing them together was a first.  Precious sister...  Tamlin liked the sign combination.  Sharia was precious, very much so.<br/><br/>[Princess is resting.]  'Princess' was signed as 'woman' combined with an all-encompassing 'importance' value; it could mean many different important women, but in this contexts, it was easily understood as Sharia.<br/><br/>"I didn't want to stress her, having just woken and seeing strangers, so many people all at once... She is still very fragile, she needs time."  Sharia had almost been out of time before Minas arrived...<br/><br/>[I am grateful for your mother's help.]  Tamlin was serious, his relief palpable back in his sister's room as well as now.  [I thought she would die.]  That would have hurt far more than veing foisted off into an estranged marriage arrangement did.<br/><br/>"I like that term, 'Precious sister'," the prince said with almost a smile on his lips, just barely curving the corners up.  "I will need to remember it..."  Perhaps he could show Sharia, when she was more alert.