**Knock Knock**
"Oh it is just you Elric, come in."
"I brought you a bottle of wine. It is a gift from father-in-law. I tried to get him to bring it himself, but he came up with several excuses not to, even offering to go speak to Regina for me."
"He is just afraid that I will put him to work. What brings you by?"
"We will most likely be leaving soon, and I wanted to ask you if it would be possible for you, or one of the elders to teach a few classes at the academy next year. With all the childern I saw at the storytelling, if even half of them attended my instructors are going to fell overwhelmed. I already fell bad about mother, and I not being there. I am sure the students also miss the class Rain, and Cherry Blossom started giving too."
"Are you going to ask the same of Long Ears."
"Mother-in-law Lunar Lily, and Silver Oak will both be teaching for a few weeks next month, to fill in for mother, and I."