He'd heard the part about the accent before - more than once - but even though he was tempted to add the part about Starkhaven, he didn't, only giving her a rather wry smile instead. But it faded a bit as she went on, replaced by a rather more serious expression. He hadn't known that they could have children, but hearing that gave him the beginnings of an idea as to what the problem might be, at least as far as other people were concerned.

"Oh, I see. Let me guess. The folk around here who don't like elves probably don't like that sort of thing much at all, then. Or am I getting that wrong?"