Elleru can't help but laugh at that, as though the very notion of her, tall, a pointy-eared upright with an unconventional hair color, would look anything like an elf, who tend to be tall, pointy-eared uprights with conventional hair colors. Very different. She recovers from her giggling, the buzzing thrum that cuts beneath it dwelling in her throat a moment longer.
She's already told Ami about her true name, and Elleru decides to brave another truth about herself. If other worlds don't know about her kind in the first place, what would be the harm in telling one or two of the kinder uprights a little about them, avoiding some of the key details? It may seem a little dishonest, but she doesn't have to say kaulahren aren't uprights, after all. They're just another people, nothing unusual.
"I am kaulahren," she replies, pressing a hand to her chest with pride. "We are also longer-lived."
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Elleru can't help but laugh at that, as though the very notion of her, tall, a pointy-eared upright with an unconventional hair color, would look anything like an elf, who tend to be tall, pointy-eared uprights with conventional hair colors. Very different. She recovers from her giggling, the buzzing thrum that cuts beneath it dwelling in her throat a moment longer.
She's already told Ami about her true name, and Elleru decides to brave another truth about herself. If other worlds don't know about her kind in the first place, what would be the harm in telling one or two of the kinder uprights a little about them, avoiding some of the key details? It may seem a little dishonest, but she doesn't have to say kaulahren aren't uprights, after all. They're just another people, nothing unusual.
"I am kaulahren," she replies, pressing a hand to her chest with pride. "We are also longer-lived."