[Childlike Empress]

Lenilos and Carathon stared at each other for a few more minutes, until Lenilos suddenly perked up his ears and looked off into the distance over Carathon's shoulder. Horses, and voices. Carathon turned to see what Lenilos was looking at, then cried out in astonishment when Lenilos grabbed his collar and pulled him down into the grass. "What!" He nearly shouted, and was silenced with Lenilos's hand across his mouth.
Lenilos didn't have the words to say what he wanted to, but he would try. "Horses. There. You see?" He and Carathon peered over the tops of the grass and wathced as the horse riders went past. One of them stopped momentarily and peered at them. Lenilos thought he recognized his sister, but she spurred her horse on without acknowledging that she'd seen them. Now why would she do that? He shook his head and stood up. Carathon followed and said something that Lenilos couldn't understand, though he was addressing the Elf. Lenilos shook his head and Carathon repeated himself more slowly. "That was the Elf I was with."

Lenilos nodded. "My sister." He added her name for good measure.

"What are we going to do now?"

Lenilos hesistated to be certain he understood, then said, "We follow. In night, they..." he frowned, not knowing the word. "Stop to sleep," he finally concluded.
Carathon nodded and gave him the common tongue word for "camp". Lenilos nodded and tried the word a few times before continuing. "When they...camp...we go there and Hithduiniel can leave."

Carathon considered and then nodded. That ought to work. But he too had seen her look and them and continue after the others. "What if she doesn't want to leave?" He asked.

Lenilos frowned, not understanding, and Carathon shook his head. It really wasn't a concern he could translate. Lenilos shrugged and the set off after the others.