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[royalist]

TFLN OVERFLOW.

for will at royalist.

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[euphausia]

Learning them all would be wonderful! Do you think everyone will join us?

[royalist]

I'm sure they will! Let's do it around the campfire on the runner tonight.

Oh, I'm excited! Eupha, you'll teach us how to dance like the islanders too, right?

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[euphausia]

Yes, of course! I'd be happy to show you and the others everything that I was taught.

Thank you, Will. Every day, I feel so grateful to have met all of you.

[euphausia]

Oh no! Your game!

[royalist]

It's okay. I already had fun!

[euphausia]

So did I... Though I suppose I grew too excited and haven't thought of another two fearsome riddles yet... I'm glad to know that you've had fun all the same.

[royalist]

We can just pick up the game again later when you've thought of the other two riddles? Or trials, or whatever we call them...

But for now, I think our merry band of adventurers should conquer their trial set by the evil Aisuahpue first.

We should dance!

[euphausia]

Yes! You needn't worry, all of you will pass the trial.

But that's true, maybe everyone else will even take part next time? I thought that I saw Strohl watching us... He must have liked the role that you gave him.

[royalist]

He gets flustered when I call him Leon, I think. Or Noel, in this case.

But Noel is a pretty cute name for him, right? I feel like it suits his face.

[euphausia]

Now that you mention it, I think it does... Then it's a special name?

[royalist]

Hm? What do you mean, a special name?

[euphausia]

One that springs from a deep bond between the two of you, and only you may address him by that name. If he gets flustered, it's out of happiness, I'm sure.

[ She hopes that it isn't strange of her to say so... Will and Strohl do seem very close. She feels happy, too, to rise each day and see her new friends. ]

[royalist]

Oh, I see. Well, by that definition, yes, I suppose it is a special name.

The villagers he knows from Halia still call him Leon as well, though. So perhaps from their perspective, "Strohl" is the special name he only uses with us?