Chulanowa, I love your thoughts... and actually, both your thoughts could be true!<br/>Maybe as we've matured, the family resemblance has grown more striking.  Even if we haven't suspected anything ourselves yet, and no one really paid attention due to our very different hair and eye colors, but one day, someone could say to one of us, "You know, you and that other girl really look a lot alike...." or something like that?<br/><br/>Hehe, Zaer, that sounds good.  I totally imagine Vanessë's initial reaction to Erin to be somewhat similar to Belle's reaction to Gaston, although as Erin has much more redeeming qualities, she'll gradually warm up to him, whether romantically or not depending on how things play out.<br/><br/>Winds, hehehe, Vanessë may find herself a bit off-balance to discover that she has a halfling fan.  She'd, of course, be happy to compare wizard notes.  Part of her may complain that Allia is "doing it wrong" compared with her more regimented education, but another side of her will admire and even secretly envy the free-wheeling freedom of Allia's style of doing magic.