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"My father is a pleasant man...he doesn't look like it from afar. By elf standards, he's quite tall, and very muscled. However he's always smiling and is always happy to help anyone." Inei started. He hesitated for quite a long moment before answering about his mother.
"My mother...was a very sweet woman. She never harmed anyone, though she was exceptionally skilled with a sword, and a bow. She could hit an apple off the top of someone's head at two hundred metres." he said. "She, like my father, was always willing to help, to listen to someone's problems." he said. He kept his voice surprisingly calm, though it was quiet. He hoped she wouldn't ask what happened to her.

Inei shook his head. "I did." he said. Not anymore. Unlike his mother's death, which he didn't wish to speak of to Huoriel, as it was the Drow that had killed her, his brother had died a noble death, staying behind to hold off some enemies so the wounded and the survivors could escape an ambush.
"I'm sad for his death, but I know why he died, and I thank him for it. He died so that thirty men and women could live." he said. "A small price to pay, for their lives."

"Thank you, Huoriel." Inei said. He smiled at her, then looked up at the roof of the cave. He wondered how his father would take the news. Probably well, once he realized that Huoriel was not only no threat to them, but could not possibly have been part of the Drow party that had killed his mother. He could also imagine his mother accepting him as being Huoriel's friend, and for having feelings for her, because she was an understanding woman.
He looked back down at her and smiled again.
"I don't suppose you'd like to tell me anything about your life?" he asked. He remembered how reluctant she'd been last time he'd asked. "If you're uncomfortable with it, by all means, don't say it." he added.

Inei nodded in understanding. Men were seen as the lower class in Drow society, so that was easy to imagine. He squeezed her hand softly to tell her that it was alright.
"Is your father...?" he asked quietly after a moment, wondering if he was still alive or not. Not many considered a coward survived.

Inei nodded. "I'm sorry about your loss." he said softly, kissing her on the top of the head, before taking his hand out of hers and putting it around her, holding her close with both of his arms.
He said nothing for a while, and just let her presence comfort him, and vice-versa.

Inei smiled when she kissed his cheek. "You're welcome, Huoriel." he said softly. "I hope that, on the surface, you get to experience having not just one or two people, but a whole village understand you, and care for, and about, you." he said softly after a moment. "It's a heartwarming thing." he assured her.

Inei smiled when she buried her face into his neck. "I hope you're happy, no matter the outcome." he said sincerely. "And...that is true. You do start to see the village as a family, after a while." he added, smiling again.

[Headed out for a little bit]

Inei chuckled, still smiling at her. "You too have a kind heart, for a Drow." he said, kissing her top of her head.
"It just goes to show that while we may think of someone from a race in a certain way, they should always be given the chance to prove themselves first."