Wow Lup have you ever considered that sometimes things are not about you? Even if it was, somewhat, a veiled compliment- but even so. Narcissism, elves just have that shit in spades.

"Hardly. Though there are many descriptions of Kitchens..." The cliff's notes, huh? The child trails off for a moment, considering, and then--

"We all believe we can choose our own path from among the many alternatives. But perhaps it’s more accurate to say that we make the choice unconsciously. I think I did-- but now I knew it, because now I was able to put it into words.

But I don’t mean this in the fatalistic sense; we’re constantly making choices. With the breaths we take every day, with the expression in our eyes, with the daily actions we do over and over, we decide as though by instinct."

Why explain when they can just quote it at her?