That's a little bit of even footing. Waver isn't quite sure what to make of it. He sure isn't going to mention that elves count as fictional back home, written about only in books, he suspects that would be rude bordering on really inappropriate, so he shoves the thought aside.

But as he does, a slightly more important question springs forward. "How'd you end up in this place anyway? Did you pick up something weird and then suddenly you're in the mountains or--?"