The elves aren’t in the tunnel. The tunnel allows him to exist in several dimensions at once and one of them has elves in it.
Ie they’re in his head.
Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?
— Albus Dumbledore
(I refuse to attribute the author as I feel they’re not the same person anymore, so I attribute the quote to who said it in the story. She’s become Voldemort.)
I’m suspicious of any elves in tunnels. Dwarves are a reasonable subterranean sort, though.
I see you’re having a hard day’s work at the racism factory. While you’re at it, how do you feel about gnomes?
Darling children with fun little toys.
The elves aren’t in the tunnel. The tunnel allows him to exist in several dimensions at once and one of them has elves in it.
Ie they’re in his head.
— Albus Dumbledore
(I refuse to attribute the author as I feel they’re not the same person anymore, so I attribute the quote to who said it in the story. She’s become Voldemort.)