-This chapter is written using Ellie's POV-
Unlike the elves around me who enjoyed what nature gave them, and saw themselves as simply flowing with the world's motions, I grew up curious about my surroundings.
I wanted to see and taste new things, and I often ventured to the border of the woods to collect items that people left behind or that the other elves threw out of the forest.
Hoarding these items was fun for me as I tried to understand and think about what stories could be behind them... But suffice to say, this never satisfied my curiosity... if anything, it only ended up growing stronger.
I wanted to see more.
But our way of life didn't allow for something like that... we were stagnant. We would hunt the same animals, and plant the same crops. The quantity would hardly vary too.
