{Video; UN: elvenking}

[tauraran]

{He is a king without his elegant trappings - but, really, he doesn't need them. The robe he wears catches the light with the smallest of motions, glittering faintly as if precious jewels are woven in the fabric. His hair is bound into a single thick braid that lays against his back and his circlet is elsewhere - as are his rings.}

How many parents reside in Lunatia? Are you separated from your children if so? {The flickering light on the table before him is all the illumination he requires as he works on a sketch. The drawing depicts trees and a variety of animal life beneath their mighty boughs.}

My fear for my son increases by the day and I have found no relief for it. I hardly realized how helpless I could feel as a father.

{His attention shifts from the sketch of the forest to a second sketch of a face much like his own - yet different enough that it must be his son.}

Comments

[tauraran]

We do not, usually. We keep to ourselves and our people.

I do not think Men would like for us to steal their children.

[wearingguess]

So you know that such children exist, who have been "abandoned" or "thrown away." And you think, but are not certain, that humans would consider it theft if you intervened on behalf of these children. Do I have it right?

[tauraran]

If you are preparing yourself to pass judgement over me, keep in mind that the relationships between the races of Middle Earth are complicated and span millennia.

[wearingguess]

What you say is no doubt correct. All we know is what we can see and what we're told; I could not possibly grasp the nuances of your world or your experiences. I have no more right to judge you for anything you've done, or not done, than either of us does to judge the Men you mentioned who cannot care for their children as we would.