(So... where IS his mother?)

Jin gave him a bit of a scowl. She'd watched from outside through a window, and the idea of someone being given magic was quite interesting to her. She had thought it was something you were born with, like green eyes or really long ears. But Korlash was doing so much running around, and she could see how weary he was. When the excitement wore off, he was going to be hurting. 

"I will stay. I need clothes. I am dirty and... the female elfs here look at me with angry eyes." Her shirt had been used to staunch his blood, and it was useless now. "Do you know why? Is it because I am... not an elf?"