Tauriel tilted her head slightly, her brows furrowed. "What do you mean by that? Love?"
Her gaze narrowed, suspicion laced in her voice. "What kind of affinity is that supposed to be?"
The woman rolled her eyes dramatically and waved Tauriel's hands away in mock offense. "Oh please," she said with a huff. "Do you really think the only affinities in the world are the conventional ones? Fire, water, lightning, ice, earth, darkness, light—blah, blah, blah?"
Tauriel shrugged nonchalantly. "Well… yeah, kind of. Isn't that like common knowledge and sense?"
With a groan, the woman smacked her own forehead. "No. No, no, no. The world is not that limited. There are affinities beyond what you can even name—things older than fire, deeper than shadow. Entire categories that transcend elemental definitions. There are affinities so abstract, people can't even begin to understand or name them."
