The meeting started with a shocking declaration, and the story that followed was profound in many ways. Questions flew as an outline of a plan formed, and many problems that Theo hadn’t considered or had an answer to came to light and were answered.

The discussion seemed long and short, but when everyone left for the evening, only two high elves were left in the room.

Lumia picked up the teapot and asked, “Ellenoa, do you want a drink?”

“Ah, of course.”

Lumia poured her a cup of gently steaming tea. Ellenoa held the handle of the cup carefully as she sipped the tea.

Lumia and Ellenoa were both high elves. However, Ellenoa had only just experienced her coming of age ceremony, while Lumia had the ageless grace of centuries. So, it was natural for Ellenoa to be a bit uncomfortable. Lumia and the other high elves knew this, so they had their own ways of being considerate of her.

Lumia waited until Ellenoa was focused on her tea before playfully wondering, “By the way, isn’t he a great gentleman? That Theo.”

“Cough!”

Ellenoa coughed loudly as she hastily swallowed her tea. To think she would be pranked by Lumia rather...