The girl still had her head down. I gestured for her to eat with the fork and stop using her hands. After a few minutes of waiting, she finished eating what was on the plate, grabbed the glass of water, and downed it in one gulp.
Vitality seemed to return to her body. Her pale and exhausted skin gained some color, her eyes regained the life that every child should have in their infancy.
She raised her head and began to nervously move her right leg. With evident nervousness in her eyes, she managed to open her mouth. "Th-thank you for... the... food."
Her voice was very low, like that of a mosquito. If it weren't for my keen senses, I wouldn't have heard it. Her main characteristic, without a doubt, was her slightly smaller but pointed ears at the same time. She was a mestizo.
"Don't worry about it, but why were you in that state, and where are your parents?" Elsa asked with a warm voice.