[Right][H2][color=#CA9BF7]Fia Blackfire[/color][/H2][/right]
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	Fia listened to Vesemir as he explained the circumstances in which the lands were abandoned and never reclaimed. Now it made sense why that old elf she used to travel with wouldn’t talk about it. He probably didn’t care what the lands contained because it was easier for him to not think about what could have been had the postwar recovery been more fair. Fia wouldn’t actually know for sure without speaking to him again, and right now it wasn’t clear when that would happen next.
	As Vesemir spoke, Fia could tell that the history of that time was not a pleasant one. Of course the war and the aftermath wasn’t pleasant, but Fia could understand that despite the centuries, for the elves, that was not too long ago. Who knows how long it’s been since the humans either left or died out, but their absence, and the elves reluctance to return had left these lands to be reclaimed by the wilds. And whatever effects that carried on since the war and postwar had let those wilds house entities and anomalies more dangerous than most.
	“You are right deary. That history is several generations before my time. Generations that might have died out by now. Though war may bring opportunity and bounties, it’s hard to deny the costs others have to endure. Costs that those displaced were forced to pay. I can’t imagine the memory being that fresh and to watch as the offspring of those abusers forget the role of their ancestors.” said Fia. The disparity between the two species life spans was very evident. For humanity, past crimes were hardly carried between generations. Humanity could be born, grow, learn, and die assigning the crimes to those humans of the past. It was easy. But for humanity, that ‘ease’ was not due to malice. They were just short-lived compared to the elves. For those elves, maybe humanity’s mortality felt too continent. They could still be licking their wounds and humanity would have already grown past the need to feel guilt.