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Elros blinked. "Well ... it happens because people are arrogant, they believe that they are better than other people - which is not true. Everyone is equal, no matter what they look like or what race they are. Few people realize this, though, because deep down, everyone wants to believe that they are better than others."

He paused.

"Will you tell me about your sister?" he asked gently.

Elros's brow furrowed in confusion and he frowned softly.

"I'm afraid I don't quite understand," he murmured. "Where is her old hom? And why did she have to leave?"

He at least needed a context to work with.

Elros was getting more and more lost by the second - all he really understood from that bit was that Lin's sister was from Tor Karad (possibly) and that her brother considered her a freak and that there was someone named Celebor punched him and was dragged out by his wife.

"And ... who is Celebor?" he asked, hoping that something would make a bit more sense.

Elros raised one eyebrow. "That's interesting," he commented. "And you say her brother thinks she's a freak because of this ability? That doesn't seem very brotherly to me ... although, it's also not surprising, I'm afraid."

He sighed softly.

"I thought that the elves had learned their lesson with the last war," he murmured, more to himself than to Lin. "But I suppose not."

Elros nodded solemnly. "Yes. The dwarves were the ones to start it ... again. Believing themselves better than the others, they set out to destroy the other races - and very nearly succeeded in destroying the Soutland elves, I might add. The humans decided it wasn't worth their while to get involved - not, that is, until the last possible moment - and if the Westlanders hadn't rushed to their aid, they would have been lost."

He shook his head sadly.

"I only wish the dwarves had learned their lesson," he murmured.

Elros smiled faintly and shook his head. "No, not quite," he assured her softly. "I remembered sad things ... but I am not sad. Being here, in the Borderlands, working for your father, I believe that there may be a chance that this world is finally turning around ... for the better. And that makes me happy."

He noticed suddenly that there was a strange woman wandering around the open middle area of the ranch. Strange, he thought, not only because he knew for a fact that she didn't work on the ranch - her bewildered expression alone would have given that away - but because she was ... a Southlander ... and yet not. There was something about her that seemed ... different ...

Elros looked down at Lin, his face stuck in a wince, his hands over his ears.

"It's all right," he murmured softly, smiling and lowering his hands slowly. "I should be used to it by now." He looked up at the Southlander, who had started in their direction. "Do you know her, then?" he asked curiously.


Meanwhile, Serenity (for it was indeed her) looked in the direction of the voice that she had heard calling her name and wondered who in the world it could be. She didn't recognize anyone here ...

But when she spotted Lin, she blinked in surprise, then laughed. Of course, one of the Winters children. Who else? That meant of course that either Donovan or Kara had to be nearby ... so what did they have to do with this place?

She waved and headed over to join Lin and the elf she was with.