Meeting Elves - How would you have coped?

[Knight of Gondor]

I suspect most of us, if we met a true Elf, would be like Sam. Delighted, and come away the better for having met one, delighted at finding a creature more noble and higher than ourselves. (Remember Sam said that Elves were a bit above his likes or dislikes when he first met the Elves near the Shire.)

I would not begrudge the elves their immortality. My feelings on the matter are similar to Digory Kirke's, from C.S. Lewis's The Magician's Nephew. He is offered immortal life by the White Witch. "No thanks," said Digory, "I don't know that I care much about living on and on after everyone I know is dead. I'd rather live an ordinary time and die and go to Heaven."

However, I think I would be a fool if I did not seek to learn as much as I could from an Elf, as Aragorn did.