Farael!
I guess you should delete your save and put your post after mine (the one that is now after your empty save)? It would seem more logical if my post would be straight after Child's.
I just thought to somehow pay heed to the fact, that our characters must have heard the elves coming before they saw them, and would surely have reacted to it somehow. They wouldn't probably be waiting calmly for occasional friends popping up for tea...