Some new arrival? The Castle had brought people here, it seemed unlikely that it should wish them dead, whatever the presence of a dragon would logically suggest. But it was bizarre that it did not know what he was. And he did not know how to do otherwise than answer directly - and this, at least, would hopefully do no harm.

"An elf who makes its home in the forest. I, and many others, have found themselves in a world not their own."