"No, they did not tell me about that. I am sure that it just slipped their minds, but is it essential?" I asked, and Silvy raised both eyebrows and gave me a look.
"Consider this. Traditionally, each Elf born will spend twenty-five years in the nursery with the other newly hatched. During this time, you earn your first rank, but you also learn all the others. To leave the nursery, you need to be able to repeat all the current ranks verbally three times, each in a different order. That is only one of the many grueling things we have to do before we are even allowed with adults. Even though nothing on our exterior changes, graduating from the nursery is what makes an Elf considered an adult. The word 'Adult' was actually made up by Elfinia, and Goldey was the one that introduced the word children to call the newly hatched women," Silvy explained, and I nodded along.
