Lumiel took a seat after she greeted Carie and looked around, unsure of what to do. Never before had she been around so many people, especially elves, despite the fact that she was an elf herself. She sighed and put her hands in her lap, watching the crowd. Suddenly, Carie began to play on her violin and people jumped to the floor to start dancing, while people nearby clapped their hands to the beat.
Lumiel sprang to her feet with elven spryness and twirled to the dance floor. Her brown hair was flecked gold in the firelight and her eyes seemed more like a kaleidescope than anything else, changing from blue to green and back again with the speed of hobbit running to mushrooms. She laughed and it rang clearly with everyone else's voice. Though she knew very few people, she danced among them, by herself, her pastel pink dress flowing and twirling around her. Her joviality on the dance floor only accentuated the fact that she seemed to embody the youthful innocence of the elves, no sign of dark worries or sorrows on her face, at least that could be seen. She called out to Carie.
"Keep it up Carie! You have a way with that violin. I'll dance 'til the sun stops rising, if you'll keep playing like that!"
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