Echo looked up at Keith as she nodded. Her attention was drawn away from him and to the women as she crouched down in front of the girl. Echo tilted her head as her eyes wandered over the women's face, widening upon realization that this women was an elf. She reached out one small, pale hand and gently rested it on Kilune's cheek. 

[i][b]"To humans, my age would be old, yes. But to the other Nymphs I am still quite young. My appearance is not an illusion, I simply grow at a much slower rate than those who are human."[/b][/i] Her clear, sweet voice drifted to the women though Echo's lips remained unmoving. It was simply how she communicated.