<br/>The young man with the pointed ears simply smiled and shook his head in answer to your question.  Then his smile changed; it was still there, but it seemed to sag a bit, as if something was weighing heavily upon his mind.  He seemed worried about about something, that much was obvious; but he seemed reluctant to speak of it aloud.<br/><br/>"How's your head?" he asked, pointing to the spot where she'd bumped it on the clock.<br/>