Haha I love this and loved the ending alot. It was so well written with lots of exquisite details to really put me in the room. The ending was awesome.
Please, please forgive me but may I make a suggestion? Only coz I had to think about it for ages as it didn't look right! And maybe I've done this before too ..
tapered tips like an elf’s.
Should it be:
tapered tips like an elf.
Because the apostrophe suggests 'elf's tapered tips', right?
Sorry, please don't be annoyed with my query!