When he got back Dilan was playing with Aya in the back yard...where "playing" was a stand in for "building a trebuchet and having a physics lesson".

Braig and his father, a man who looked like a grey-streaked, tall version of Braig himself, were over by the grill chatting and waving their hands. Elcy was in the kitchen, visible through the window but pretty obviously concentrating on paperwork.