[ he keeps his face composed, even as he nearly dissects that statement. fourth, and half-elven indicates a lowly status. only half of the blood that apparently mattered most. it would among humans, and in this- in this other difference between elves. ]

And you take after her? [ politely as he can manage. it must be an error in translation, for him to say 'goblin' and mean something other than what thranduil knows as goblin, for maia is not- that. ]

It is mostly the same for my people. [ unbound is... a distinct choice. he is above the language of braids, beyond. apart. as a ruler must be. his eyes skip over the script on the parchment. ]

Nineteen. [ softly. unless their years are very different, that is unspeakably young. it explains his nervous manner. ] How are you braided so ornately now, if you cannot do so on your own? Have you been such since you arrived?