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[tumbler]

[The sound of a busy city square comes through first, with a bustling crowd muffled in the background. If you listen closely, you can hear someone... singing?]

[And he told our poor minstrel to leave or be hit, / before climbing a wall, the rude little-- oof-]

[That over with, a new voice, far less muffled and with an entirely different accent comes on the line:] Ah, if you fine citizens would indulge me so, I do wonder: what do you know of elves?

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[Voice]

[hadbadays]

I know a few things.

[ And because this is Asgard, it's best to add: ]

All made up. Why?

[tumbler]

I have, let us say, a personal interest in the subject.

[hadbadays]

Right. Any particular reason?

[tumbler]

Curiosity is not enough?

[hadbadays]

Guess it is. It just seems a bit out of the blue?

[tumbler]

Ah. I did not know it was a taboo subject, here. My apologies!

[hadbadays]

Oh, no-- What? No, I'm not saying that.

[tumbler]

Ah, I see. I am sorry, this is not my first tongue, and, ah, mistakes will be made, no?

[hadbadays]

Right, yeah. Sorry. I meant it seemed to have come out of nowhere.

[tumbler]

As did your suspicion! Fair to assume, then, some sort of cultural line had been crossed. I had been hoping so; the punishment usually involves chains, yes?

[hadbadays]

Err-- No? I'm not suspicious of anything either, it's just that. All kinds of people show up here, it wouldn't surprise me if one of them happened to be an elf.

[tumbler]

Oh-ho? And if I had asked for good places to eat, would you have assumed I was a cake?

[hadbadays]

No.

But that question isn't as rare as "what do you know about elves?"

[tumbler]

Well, yes, but that'd due to this strange social taboo your people have, as we've discussed.

[hadbadays]

Nnnoo, that's not how that works.