9S starts walking, assuming Cole will follow along with him. There's a park not too far from here. A park with a small water playground where kids play, squeals of laughter ringing in the air.

"Oh, there's plenty of fish. They're one of the few animals that flourished after Earth became tidal locked. Birds, too. As for the rest... there's no records of dwarves or elves as far as I know. So they might not have existed."

You could even say... they're mere fantasy.