Tzarima said
Captain, sorry put I feel I should point this out. It seems like De is responding to Erahja, and Erahja is a Rakasha (kind of like elder scrolls Kahjit) and they can't really be mistaken for elves. She is also older that De so I'm not sure the 'girl' part is right either. You might have had her confused for her (adoptive) brother, who is the elf^^
For future reference, is it visibly notable she's older-or some cases older looking- when compared to some of the other PCs? I'm not aiming to be disrespectful, really, but it's not easy to tell an anthro's (Which is what I see Rakasha in a visual aspect) age by appearance alone. Old age is easiest because they are near end of their life and rather old in which they would slightly be bent from age and their gait slower, not to forget sometimes their fur is dull in appearance or whitening. Unless it's different with Rakashas then none of my logic applies and pretend I never said anything while I melt back into the shadows, completely embarrassed! XD
It's possible De, ICly, mistaken her for being younger then she actually is so he thinks girl rather then woman? I've had PCs do that before to me and while I know better, I tend to write from their perspective so most things written like labels and such, tend to be how they see things. For example, Angel doesn't see Mathias as just an owl, it's her brother. Sid isn't a dog, but a puppy and though they are the same, one is a younger/immature reference of the other. :p It could that he also got the PCs mixed which I've had it happen a few times to me.