"Raspberries?" He made a face, thinking that the name was a strange one for such a delicious fruit. Of course, on his world, it would have had some elegant elven name. But the humans always did choose the weirdest names for things. "Well, despite the name, they are good." He held a berry up, peering it at. "It does not look like something that would be called 'raspberry'." Yes, he was definitely getting back to normal. His whole tone and posture had changed from dejected, almost defeated, to one more like how he customarily was.
The look on her face made his heart break, though, when she spoke about her family. Setting down his food, now it was his turn to pull her into his arms. Seeing sadness on her face was strange, she was always so upbeat, so endlessly cheerful. It touched him that she would show him her sadness, and he couldn't stop himself from embracing her. "Perhaps you are as Melien, Lady Bright-Star." He spoke softly as he held her. "She was the fairest of the tree spirits, born at the beginning of the world, and she ensnared the elven king. He became smitten with her, and for ten years, they looked into each others eyes." He paused, realizing that she was, despite the fact that he had been speaking less than seriously, doing just that to him. Ensnaring him with her eyes, and she didn't even know.
Still holding her gently, he began to speak. "I am the only child of King Thranduil of Mirkwood. No brothers or sisters have I, and yet, all elves are kin, however distant. Distantly, I am connected to both Lothlorien and Rivendell, the Lady Galadriel, Lord Celeborn, Lord Elrond and his children. All of nature is my family, though, so you and I, we are not so different in that way. We both lived the years of our lives in the trees of the forest."