[he shrugs. He's really not one to argue about details like that. Whether or not these elves were literate wasn't that big a deal to him] Yeah, maybe you're right.

[He rubs the back of his neck some, thinking]

I dunno. Probably ask around what sort of favors they're looking for right now. Build some relations. The more they see us as someone useful, the more they'll want us around.