[ that rings false to ness, too, in a way she takes similar time to work through. ]

I take your point, [ she says eventually, ] and I wouldn't think to talk over you as someone who's lived this experience for longer than a week or two.

[ but here she is to talk over your experience, oops. she is at least choosing her words very carefully, trying her best to find the diplomatic way to put her point—not that she really has a point, more a feeling. ]

It seems... I would simply hesitate to say that wounds to feelings are not... that they're not to be weighted at all, in this equation. Family who refuses to love you because of a quirk of birth is... not an insignificant wound.

[ not that she has any experience with that that's affecting her judgement, or anything. ]

It of course pales to what humans can inflict on elves, here, I'd never argue that. And I understand your points, about elves not being able to trust humans, no matter the relation. I simply feel for the child of two worlds, I suppose. It would be very lonely.