I don't know if this is what you were looking for, but it's what came to me. :)

They circle the knowledge warily, bristling like a pair of chance-met wolves ('never trust an Elf'; 'why doesn't that surprise me?'). But over time the taunts fade and the hackles settle as an unlikely friendship grows between them. The prison door, once flung open, lets sunlight flood inside, leaving no room for the shadows of the past.