The Elders knew it was important - vital - to allow the spirit of man to remain in the ascendant.
"I wonder if the Elders know this?"
Did the Elders know that she and Talon were joined?
But the young faces in the camera pan didn't show that fear, not as the Elders knew it.
The Elders knew how to control it, to focus the forces.
Still, the Elder had sent him to find food, which said that the Elder knew more than he did.
The Elder did not know very much about stones, but he did know something about magic.
There are places in the upper city that not even the Elders know.
The Elders know how to take care of everything without creating suspicion and alarm.
Elders know the birds, the paths the animals take, the plants.