"I am not looking like a human because I am not one."
Certainly, he's not a monster-person either. There are no humans where I come from. it's a thing he almost says but doesn't. Because, yes, they are. He's just never seen one before. The child is a human so maybe she hasn't seen any of his kind either.
"I'm an Elda, that means Firstborn because we came to Arda before humans did."
Magic, that's a hard one, he does wield Power and he can hear the Music. Even here, even if faintly, more like a whisper. He wouldn't call that magic. Now, explain that to a child.
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Certainly, he's not a monster-person either. There are no humans where I come from. it's a thing he almost says but doesn't. Because, yes, they are. He's just never seen one before. The child is a human so maybe she hasn't seen any of his kind either.
"I'm an Elda, that means Firstborn because we came to Arda before humans did."
Magic, that's a hard one, he does wield Power and he can hear the Music. Even here, even if faintly, more like a whisper. He wouldn't call that magic. Now, explain that to a child.
Magic it is.
"Yes, I do. Of sorts."