Well, I've lived with Haldir for god knows how long, but I'm not entirely sure how to explain it. I learned a little more about it all when I went to see a hypnotherapist, but I chose not to tell my mother much about it because she believes he's just part of me-who-I-am. I'm not entirely sure at the moment to believe that, considering much of what I've experienced and the things that I've learned from him. It only took seeing someone attempt to depict him in the first LotR movie to really shake him into waking up and realizing 'wait a minute, that is -not- me' and being more active in the system. If it helps, think of it simply as, I have been living my life alongside a soul who chose to be with me and not reincarnate, who was once what others would call an elf a very long time ago when the land was a er... a bit different geologically speaking.