>1. Aldryami Unity in the Song is rather like the Unity described >in the
>Julian May books; i.e. it is not so all-encompassing that elves are
>incapable of individual initiative.
I think that most Elves purposely lose themselves in the Song as individual awareness is known to be caused by Oblivion. The Rootless are most affected by this to such an extent that they cannot hear the song. A few elves (including PCs) are exceptional in that they can hear the Song and initiate an action (instead of acting reactively).
>2. Young elves are not even that Unified. Until they grow sex
>organs, they
>can't hear the song.
They can. They can't appreciate its finer nuances and so worship "loud" euphonies like Halamalao.
>These are the ones that often leave the forest.
Often is way overstated IMO. Elves that are seen outside the forest are young elves (or rootless) but they are a small minority of the young elves in the forest. And even then most of them would move around in Halamalao's light and every night remain in the vicinity of a corpse of trees or a river.
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