"...I think, perhaps, that that word means something very different to you, than it does to me. Where I'm from, it's naught but an insult. Elves, dragons, unicorns, fairies, and many other manners of being one may find strange or unlike oneself, we call alker, not monster. And I think perhaps you're being a bit quick to judge, as well. Not all humans mean anyone harm... and not all who appear human are."