"Okay. From now on I'll call you Ren. Pls, come inside the house." Elian said. Then they both followed him. Then they all sat on a couch in the hall. Sera gave them water. They sat around a low table in the main room. Sera poured them tea, steam rising between air and tea, while Mira placed a plate of fresh bread and biscuits in the middle. Then Elian sipped tea with Ren and the commander. Then they all started talking. Sera was sitting next to Elian. Mira was sitting on a small single couch. There were 4 couches. Two large and two small. There was a table in the middle.
When Commander Halvorn and Ren arrived at Elian's house, the sun was high, but tilted to the west. The mountain air smelled of pines and melting frost.
Elian said. "Commander? How are you doing?"
Halvorn smiled. "Very well."
