"Both experience and affinity counts for something is this, I'd wager," he replies.

"The Silvan elves are tied closer to the land in many ways then say the Noldo or the Sindar. And the land will often show its appreciation. The main difference is between what was once called The Light Folk and the Dark Folk. We rarely use those terms anymore as they can be somewhat - offensive, but originally they mainly referred to whether a line or a group had lived in the light of the Trees or not."

And the, because he cannot help himself, he asks; "Genetics?"