He listened to her. She seemed rather a melancholy person, just based upon the two interactions he'd had with her. How come you aren't excited about going home? He was absolutely thrilled to go home and share with his mum all of his adventures. She said she loved the stories (though he wasn't quite sure she'd be thrilled he'd been an infirm old man for half the year).

He was mildly shocked when she said she had aged after the ball. He tried to remember if he'd touched her. It seemed that was the way it was transmitted. [b]Well, I'm glad you've been 'cured' as well.[b] He hoped he hadn't been the cause of her getting old, though he wasn't quite sure how he had. Maybe it had been Hannah or Bart. I'll be going back to North of Scotland to my family's village. My dad owns a fishing boat and has a crew he goes out with to catch fish in the North Sea. I hope he lets me go out more with him this year. I'm getting old, nearly a man, and I felt it this year. he said with a grin.