Surprise her.

You fling open the stable doors with a loud slam, starling the elf girl as she looks at you.

"Well, well, well... What have we here?" you chuckle. "Someone looking to maybe steal something from me?"

The elf girl quickly looks around for an escape route as you slowly approach her. However, she trips and falls backwards on her butt tehn, ending up in a croner of the stabel with no windows or doors. She looks up at you frightfully.

"P-Please don't hurt me..."

"Oh! You speak our language, do you?"

"Please... I didn't mean any harm..."