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Originally Posted by Lost Tales, Part One
, whereas the Eldar dwell till the Great End, unless they be slain or waste in grief (for to both of these deaths are they subject), nor doth eld subdue their strenght, except it may be ten thousand centuries, and dying they are reborn in their children....
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And considering Cirdan is about the oldest creature yet living in Middle-Earth, he might very wel be grey and old....
I can't really think of how I would have coped with the exitence of Elves, I probaly wouldn't be bothered by it to much though...