They all believe that Maya has been acknowledged by the Lord of Justice.
Initially, Malin thought Maya knew who had given her the branch, but he quickly discovered that the girl truly didn't know. This discovery made Malin internally complain, though Mother Earth and the Lord of Justice are indeed a couple, and they didn't want to come out and point out these errors. They even whispered to Malin, telling him not to reveal too much.
So Malin chose to eat meat—finally, there was roasted meat at Saluda's dinner. It must have been a communication among the elves; that night in Yorktown, everyone tossed the vegetarian food prepared by the elves aside and spent the whole time following Malin to eat roasted meat.
