Today was thankfully a short day. Very much needed after the events of the days prior.
We returned to Twin River. It seemed bustling and less guard presence. We opted to stay at the nicer inn rather than the Dusky Fawn from before. I didn't catch this one's name though. Velvet and Chael headed off and delivered the plant parts for the quest while Mara headed off to the church of Kord for some business of her own. Chael asked me to take care of Harper who was still in a slump which of course I agreed to. I saw what had occurred prior and was certainly not about to leave him alone. At that Chael smiled called me "Friend Arlanval" at the exchange. It was a first, as he had always called me "Student Arlanval" before.
"Friend Arlanval, huh? Sounds nice."
When everyone got back together we got our rewards for the plant parts and goblin slaying and divvied them up amongst the group. When we finally went to the inn and when Chael and Velvet came back we spoke with Harper who was rapidly becoming drunk, although Chael took away his inebriation using his abilities. Harper started to talk a bit more about what had happened. He said that Louiza was his past love and had died previously. So then how could she be here now? Possibly resurrected through some dark magic? Though with Harper being as surprised as everyone else at seeing her, surely this wasn't how she was before.
Later in the night, Mara, Chael, and I talked briefly about the events and plans for the next couple of days. It seemed like the next quests we would be tackling weren't going to be taking place for a few days, so we had a bit of downtime which is certainly welcome.