...of being shot. The loud flashy metal thing was a gun; they explain what those are.

...those seem unnecessary! Why do they exist?

Well, some people use them for hunting or do recreational marksmanship and they're... standard, let's say, for law enforcement, but yeah, they're really not that great of an idea all told.

And why would the human want to shoot people? That's worrying, is he okay? They asked him if he was okay but he didn't answer.

...if he had wanted to shoot them he would have, most humans don't actually want to murder people even if they're willing to threaten to. He probably thought they had money and was trying to make them give it to him; he might've been trying to get their jewelry.

Oh! Why didn't he say that, they'd have been happy to give him the jewelry!

...okay. Well, if something like that happens again - and they should really be careful to make sure it doesn't - but if it does, that's what they should do. Because some people are willing to kill people over it. Also, follow directions, 'put your hands up' means do this.

Okay!

Okay. Are they all right other than that, because most people find that kind of thing kind of terrifying.

Well, it's good they aren't dead, the Valar'd probably be really annoyed about that and not want to let humans into Valinor.

...yeah. Sam and Shaney exchange a look and then Shaney suggests that they should probably just not go anywhere without somebody with them, even if it's inconvenient.

Okay!

Okay, good.

They're assuming the Elves don't want them to call the police about that guy, but just so they know, that's the kind of thing that you usually call the police and try to get someone put in jail over. Both the threatening to kill people part and the theft part, theft is kind of a big deal here.

I mean, even if he had killed them all locking him up in a cage would be a bit excessive as a reaction. 

They are very confused. No it wouldn't?

Locking people up in cages is horrible! And humans are all so young.

It's definitely not great but it's not worse than letting someone run around murdering people. Young?

Like, that mugger was probably, what, fifty-five? He will probably eventually learn to not hurt people. Letting him run around murdering people is not an okay solution but, like, not giving him guns and putting him some place where he can't murder people sounds good.

...

How old do the Elves think Sam and Shaney are?

...it's impossible to tell with adults, isn't it? They have children, so at least a hundred fifty or so, but beyond that, who really knows.

Uh.

No.

Humans don't live as long as Elves, apparently; Sam's thirty-two and Shaney's a little younger than that. Humans don't live to be a hundred fifty.

...what happens to them?

They die? Of old age? Do Elves not?

No, no, they told the pastor this, Elves don't die. They didn't realize humans died so fast. That's horrible.

...well. Yeah, that's how it works, fifty is kinda old for a human and it's rare for them to live to a hundred. More like seventy or eighty, usually.