She cuddled into him a bit, her trembling starting to subside. She just-wanted to stay like this-warm...she didn't fully know how to describe it but-for the first time in forever, she felt...safe....
"Looks like I have to help that confidence too, look here beautiful, I don't care what you think about your pretty ears...I love them and I think they are worthy and deserve your love..!"
(So then is his little sister adopted? Cuz she's half elf half human-there's basically just like a HUGE stigma against humans among the elves-that's why they bully her so much.)