[Nerwen]

Nerwen waited for a while.

"Nothing to say, any of you?

Then– since I have to vote early (I hardly slept last night, you know), I'll make it,

++autume98.

Good luck."

And Nerwen went upstairs. The bedroom's resemblance to her room at home- even down to the pattern of the curtains– was anything but reassuring, but she was so exhausted that it was not long before she fell asleep.