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Angelic, not elf here, but I think we did have closer relationships than are possible here. Our energy sort of overlapped, and we often channeled energy from those who were further 'up the chain' so to speak. In my original unshaped form, prior to being 'in service,' it was hard to tell where one being stopped and another began. Most of them didn't even have individual names.
It has made be very picky about who I let into my inner circle of friends. They have to be people that I wouldn't mind sharing energy with, even if the extent of that sharing is much less that it used to be. Everyone else I'm generally friendly towards, but they're not really part of me. When I start craving that connection again, I don't look to humans to fill it. I turn to my shamanic practices to get in touch with the spirits. Any time I choose, I can reach out and find them.