[She might have explained it was because she hadn't had the opportunity to meet many ship commanders since coming here, and that Spock's credentials were pretty damn remarkable. However the question remains unasked.]

How curious... your race looks so remarkably much like a human that I would not have guessed that you possessed those characteristics. Apart from the ears that is... I can honestly say, that I have no idea what an elf is, but I thought perhaps that you might be a manakete. In my world they are shape-shifters that take the form of a dragon, and they were the only race I could think of with similarly pointed ears.

[Maribelle sips her own cup of tea rather tentatively, still finding Spock to be rather curious.]

You're a man of science are you not? Or... would the correct term be Vulcan?