Welcome, Morsul, it is nice to see new faces around
Your guess, though, is incorrect
Therefore, hints:
Superior as hierarchy, not in a sense of being better. And is being better defined by visits to elves?
.Besides, the speaker of imagary quote is less pleasant character than one he speaks to. I daresay he's quite arrogant. And the most important hint, both were working in the same office prior to speakers retirement, thereof follows that he was other's superior litarally. After his retirement the person spoken to took the office over.