He shut the door behind her, his expression one of sorrow and happiness. "Yes, it has been a while. Nearly four hundred years for me. though I never forgot you."<br/><br/>He held her close, fighting off the surge of memories that tried to overwhelm him, her last hug as he had headed out that day, coming back and finding her like that. He looked up from the hug, and let go, heading to the common room table, letting her sit down at the long dining table, before taking the seat across, unless she sat at the head of the table, when he would take the seat beside hers. "Kept a handful of your things, more as keepsakes after finding... the duplicate like I did. Sorry about burning down the house, but I wasn't going to go back. I can get you a room here, if you want, I would like that. Having my mother nearby to smack some sense into me if I flip out would be a major relief."<br/><br/>He gave her a sheepish grin, before swallowing, and looking up. "How much do you remember, or were told? I can fill in the rest, though I suspect a beating will be my reward for parts of it. Not that I didn't earn it, mind you, but I felt it fair to warn you ahead of time."<br/><br/>He disconnected the common room, so they could have privacy for their talk, effortless rearranging the domain with a thought, not even aware that Gammon had intercepted Nadriina and Vorela. He sent a thought to Gammon, asking for him to just tell anyone that noticed something different to tell them he would explain later, but the visitor was extremely important.