Socks, socks, socks! Little blue-and-silver packages are tucked all over Earth Runes - shiny and enticing, with names written in a spidery, curling script. Vince's are left outside the sick room. The childlings may be a touch disappointed when the packages reveal knitted footwear - but at least they are in fun patterns and bright colors. A few folks get hand knitted pairs - Coradel, Delores, Almandine, Vince - but everybody gets something.