<div class="floatleft">(http://soaringwingsblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/dissidia-firion.png)</div>Consul Zack Marques with Pelira Velamir<br/><br/>The first bridge was crossed when he told the beauty his name and he introduced himself to the elf. He was curious naturally so, as he wanted to learn more about the elf, or observe more about the woman who he had greeted. He nodded his head as he heard her reply hearing her name along with who she represented. Pelira, he would have to remember that name, he made a mental note of it as put it away in to the back of his mind. He had for a moment forgotten that the guards were around the pair of them. He was sure that they were keeping a close and protective eye out for the elf, as she had the conversation. He could feel the looks they were giving to him at the moment, they most of been surprised that he had been bold enough to come up and talk to her. "It was a long trip, but it was a fun trip as well, so much to see and so much to do. There were many people who came to visit this place or the area that I ran into and learned a bit from about this all before I got here."<br/><br/>"Yes, things are always changing, and in this case for once the lack of any great wars or fighting isn't a bad thing at all," he said calmly as he looked at her. He was of course measuring her up a bit more now that he was closer to her then when he was on the hill. Of course, he also made sure to not make this so apparent that anyone could notice and hopefully, the elven woman wouldn't notice that he was checking her out at the moment as well. He wasn't sure if she would take offence to it or not, he didn't know her mentality about that at all. He thought of questions that he had in his mind at the moment but said nothing for a moment before he heard the question for himself.<br/><br/>"No, I have not been to this area before, I have recently taken command of my country, less then six months ago to be honest, and I hope to make this my first chance to meet the leaders of the other kingdoms who are all gathered here," he admitted honestly, seeing no reason what so ever to be dishonest. "I have a question, do elves have as long of life spans as they say in the legends," he asked directly figuring that was something that always seemed rather unreal, that a person could live for such a very long time. He had debated others on that subject but none had ever meet a elf to ask for the right answer.