"Then I am very sorry to have suggested you might be hostile at all." He does wonder exactly how dear they might be, but she did also say 'friend.' No matter. He may yet have a new friend in the making here.

"We do have elves and half-elves in this realm, and sorcerers too. You'll be welcome. On the odd chance that you aren't, simply tell them Lord Erik Osborne does not suffer insults to his friends and they shall change their tunes."