Colle is carrying her latest two books back to their shelves when scampering footsteps warn her of Mina and Jakin's imminent approach. "Magistra Colle! Guess what?" Their Eldarin has come on in leaps and bounds. "Hold on," she says, smiling. "Where are you off to in such a hurry?" "Copper's back!" says Jakin, and Mina carries on with "so Inric's back!" "Ah, that is good news," Colle says, and then some intuition prompts her to say, "but don't go rushing in if he's still asleep." "But the sun's been up hours!" "Even so." Inric is indeed sleeping, deep and easy for the first time in days.