User blog comment:SsVivid/What I Learned From MPD/@comment-24205786-20131016230849/@comment-5797787-20131021123710

They're pretty much fable to a monk who likely doesn't get out much, so... I'm not sure. The times they are a'changing, and there've been a few elves who've left their forest. Could go either way. Rare, but perhaps not seen as fantastical.