Kel nodded eagerly, extending his hand to call a small breeze to it, one that picked up a small leaf to swirl above his palm to demonstrate. ”My mother is of the anemoi, not the Sidhe, but yes. Though I guess… since this isn’t my world, that’s why the winds don’t listen to me like they used to,” he admitted sadly, letting the small zephyr fade away. Jiao’s brutal honesty that he looked too human to be accepted among the Fae of the Greatwood brought a wince to his face, but he nodded slowly in acceptance of her words. They were blunt, but not said with malice at least.
”I’ve visited human villages, and led human caravans through the woods before but… I’ve never lived with them,” he admitted nervously, rubbing a hand over his upper arm. Listening to the Fair One’s description of the Hollowed Grounds only deepened his anxiety and confusion, and he bit his lip trying to imagine it all. ”A bubble?” he asked at last, lost from the beginning. Though at least ‘houses and shops and guilds’ sounded familiar. He’d seen similar things in Haulani while lurking around its edges, and the larger villages at the edges of his own Forest had such things. ”Was the bubble protecting them from something?” Humans could be an easily-frightened lot, in his experience.
Jiao’s pointing finger didn’t reveal much at the moment, but at least it gave him a direction to start in. ”Wait… a portal? Could… could it take me home?” It made sense. If a portal had brought him here, couldn’t one be used to go the other way?
”I’ve visited human villages, and led human caravans through the woods before but… I’ve never lived with them,” he admitted nervously, rubbing a hand over his upper arm. Listening to the Fair One’s description of the Hollowed Grounds only deepened his anxiety and confusion, and he bit his lip trying to imagine it all. ”A bubble?” he asked at last, lost from the beginning. Though at least ‘houses and shops and guilds’ sounded familiar. He’d seen similar things in Haulani while lurking around its edges, and the larger villages at the edges of his own Forest had such things. ”Was the bubble protecting them from something?” Humans could be an easily-frightened lot, in his experience.
Jiao’s pointing finger didn’t reveal much at the moment, but at least it gave him a direction to start in. ”Wait… a portal? Could… could it take me home?” It made sense. If a portal had brought him here, couldn’t one be used to go the other way?
