Awful sights do tend to mar the mind. [ He knows this from experience! ] I've mostly survived by finding the beauty in things. . . Well, that wasn't true all the time. If I say so, I make myself sound like a better person than I am. But I'm an Elf, and our main mission in life is to love the earth and the beauty of the earth. And I guess it goes without saying, to love our friends and to find solace in that. And I have found that other races usually have some version of that philosophy, and it sounds like you do.

This Sodder person is the one who chooses our first dwelling place for us? If every home is protected, that is well. But what kind of small things might be off?