Early Rankings (Part 2)
"My friends met your kind inside a Fringe and they were violent assholes, to put it mildly. Also, I have dealt with a Sapling in the past and, again, it wasn't a pleasant experience."
Lith couldn't bring himself to trust someone related not to one, but to two species that seemed to only bring trouble to others.
"I would have used much stronger words to define those elves, but I agree with you. The problem with my people is that not only did they never get over losing the War of the Races, but by isolating themselves, they also lost contact with reality.
"It made their understanding of the world stagnate whereas the tribes that sought refuge inside the World Tree have access to their unlimited knowledge. Instead of blaming others for our failures, we understood the errors of our ways and became better for it.