"But Niall was right. You do have a chance with the woman this time. If you don’t throw it away, you might even come to understand. In the long run." The elf came forward, into the light, and touched Serrin’s head. He felt nothing, and just gazed up at him. The other elf had an eerie beauty, a face both androgynous and sexless, golden hair tied back, violet eyes revealing nothing, longfingered hands with almost translucent skin.