"I did not forget," Inric says with forced patience. "She is not due for another hour." "But you have to get ready!" "That will not take long." Anvar takes a deep breath. "My mother wishes me to ask that you do us the courtesy of not appearing with a braid so simple that you could have done it yourself." "I did braid it myself." "You have a family!" Anvar says, through gritted teeth. "I will do your hair! We need to go now!" "It would be discourteous to Brother Aldus to abandon him without an interpreter," Inric says. To both his and Anvar's surprise, Aldus speaks up - in Eldarin. "I understand some - little." Anvar flushes in horrified embarrassment.