The Tomtom Hunt

Some time later when everyone is inside, Yazeba is standing on the patio. Amelie had already put everything back the way it should be. In her head she is recalling the events from earlier.

She takes hold of the lid of the grill and lifts it quietly. Her other hand reaches inside and takes out the little wooden heart, which after a quick glance disappears into her coat pocket. With her hand clenched tightly around the wooden heart, she just stands there for a while. A single drop of water rolls down her cheek. If anyone would have been around to notice it, they might have almost thought that she was crying...

As they walk back to the B&B, Parish explains to the Tomtom some of his new duties as scullion. He hopes the directions will help keep the gnome out of trouble.

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Back in his room, Parish removes his old suit of armor. It is covered in large dents and the snow has caused rust to blossom in several spots. The old leather straps are also much worse for wear, having strained to keep the armor on his more portly current body.

He sets it gingerly back on the armor stand but in this condition, it just slides off with a clangor onto the ground in a jumbled heap.

As for Amelie, they get lost in their thoughts as they clean the mess that Tomtom made. Once the job is finished, Amelie approaches Wren Snow.

"Can you teach me to fly," she asks…

Wren's eyes light up. "You want to fly? Of course! I'm a master of flight, don't y'know? I'll take you up in The Bishop! Let's go into the wild blue yonder!"

They put their arm around Amelie's shoulders. As they walk away, Wren remarks, "Amelie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship..."