Enslaved? [ Is it the fate of their race to always suffer? Is that what meaning their lives must have? ] No... I wished to hear that they were happy and well. But I believe that would only happen if all humans were dead. It is humans that are torturing us so, isn't it? Of course, it always is them. [ His voice returns to the same lilting tone of before as he starts to smile sweetly. ]

I see. I would not take that freedom from you, Fenris. We may not be the same, and I will not burden you anymore with my troubles. The suffering of an elf... I do not wish to see that. [ He starts to laugh which probably takes away from his words. ] Ah, forgive me. It's just... no matter how unhappy that you are, how much you may detest me for my familiarity... I am suddenly finding the hope in our situation.

[ And is that not what the shopkeep desired? ]