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[tar_minyatur]

Elros here - I'm busy, but leave a message and I'll get back to you. If I don't, the dragon probably ate me or my ship sank. Oops. Please don't tell Elrond.

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by sending crystal, a week after she left for kirkwall

[thunderproof]

You never explained the differences you felt after you chose to be human, you know.

❰ aka, you have not called her ONCE after she left and she misses you but didn't want to say because what are feelings. also what if he was glad to be rid of her? better to just not say anything.

which is why she's here, saying something. adalia's not very good at hard to get. ❱

[tar_minyatur]

Adalia! Oh, so that's how these work.

Hm, I didn't did I? What parts were you wanting to know about?

[thunderproof]

— Elros, it's been a week, you haven't bothered to even fiddle with your crystal yet?

❰ HOW!!! adalia messed with it almost as soon as she got it to figure it out! ❱

I mean, for starters, were the differences immediate and quantifiable, or have they been protracted and subtle? What exactly changed, and in what ways? And I suppose in order to answer these questions, you'll have to explain how elves and humans differ in your world, so I'll know the basis for comparison.

❰ does it sound like she's getting ready to do a science project or a research paper? oops. ❱

[tar_minyatur]

No? There's been things to do! Places to see?

[ Also, it looked like a palantir, so he figured it couldn't be THAT different and he could wait to play with it later? ]

Hah! You would get along with my brother, I think. Hm, most of them have been pretty subtle. Things you don't notice until you look back and go "oh hey". I stopped being able to hear the song of the world fairly slowly, and I can still hear Ulmo, but it's really hard to speak to the world now. The aging thing I've not noticed yet? But I mean, I'm still pretty young... for an elf. So I dunno how that's going to translate, human wise. I need more sleep - I noticed that pretty soon, and I can't go as long without food, either. Elrond said the elven-light went out in my eyes pretty much the minute I said so, but the twin bond is still strong, so that hasn't changed.

[thunderproof]

That's no excuse!

❰ why is she so unreasonably fond of you, your bizarre creature

as elros speaks, adalia begins to write notes in her book, the scratch of her quill on the paper audible over the sending crystal, but that stops rather quickly, as she realizes how little she's going to understand, even when she finishes writing. ❱

I'm going to need definitions for a few of those things, ❰ she says drily, somewhat annoyed at her lack of understanding. ❱ Namely, "song of the world" and "Ulmo". Also elven-light, probably. Your elves are very different from my elves are very different from Thedosian elves.

[tar_minyatur]

It is most certainly an excuse!

[ He grins back at her, all charming sincerity ]

Hah! I suppose they might be. Alright, well, the elven-light is the easiest thing - you've seen my kinsmen by now, yes? Ever notice that they glow? All elves do, although the Valinoreans are brighter, something something Light of the Trees... ask Maglor to tell you that part, it's really fun when he does it, because he was there to see them and can show you how they looked. It's something about how we Men are tied to our bodies, with the hroa, the physical, being the dominant part of our natures, but for elves, its the other way around, with the fea, the spirit or soul, being the more dominant. Quite literally, you're seeing the edges of their spirits spill out over the constraints of their flesh."