It had been very late at night when Storm appeared rather suddenly at Anastasia's house, where Echo and Illwyn were keeping vigil. Anastasia was away on some sort of mysterious outing so the three young elves were quite alone. So when he arrived, Echo had attempted to make herself scarce, assuming that he wanted time alone with Illwyn, but Storm was having none of that. He told Echo that he had come there specifically to talk to her. Illwyn gasped yet again and, overcome with emotion, left the room in a hurry.