He frowned, not because he strictly disbelieved her, but because he was trying to imagine her being older than the girl he saw now. He knew well enough that the elves he'd met were not quite so young as they looked. It was an unsettling notion not to be able to know a person by what could be seen.

"So you've grown up twice. Seems that would be trouble. This one time 'round has been hard enough for me."