[ Curufin chuckles in response to Leo's snort. One of the things he likes about Leo is his directness! If he's a loner, then so be it. Curufin, who once had isolationist tendencies himself, understands. ]
Where I'm from, mortals don't come back from the dead, but Elves sometimes do. Even if our bodies die, our spirits retain the memory of the body and may be able to re-manifest it. As beings, we fall about halfway between mortals and those immense spirits, the Maiar, who can take any form they like and are servants to the Valar, our gods. We Elves are more limited, we can't take any form but an Elvish one, but we retain the Maiar's strange relationship between being and the intention to be, body being merely the visible part of soul.
[ He smiles a little. ] I tell you this not to bore you with Elvish philosophy, but to explain why I may be able to help you. Elves have very large souls. I may be able to spare some of my fiery soul-energy, enough to keep you from having to devour anybody else. If you're interested, I'll make a suggestion as to how.
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[ Curufin chuckles in response to Leo's snort. One of the things he likes about Leo is his directness! If he's a loner, then so be it. Curufin, who once had isolationist tendencies himself, understands. ]
Where I'm from, mortals don't come back from the dead, but Elves sometimes do. Even if our bodies die, our spirits retain the memory of the body and may be able to re-manifest it. As beings, we fall about halfway between mortals and those immense spirits, the Maiar, who can take any form they like and are servants to the Valar, our gods. We Elves are more limited, we can't take any form but an Elvish one, but we retain the Maiar's strange relationship between being and the intention to be, body being merely the visible part of soul.
[ He smiles a little. ] I tell you this not to bore you with Elvish philosophy, but to explain why I may be able to help you. Elves have very large souls. I may be able to spare some of my fiery soul-energy, enough to keep you from having to devour anybody else. If you're interested, I'll make a suggestion as to how.