[ What's the matter? Get picked on too much at school? Didn't make the mathletes this year? Despite his curiosity and his immediate instinct to mock, he really ought to keep his mouth shut. Because he'd been told the same thing.
Because he'd asked for a whole lot more than just faeries once.
(He tries not to think about what happened. Some days, it's easy to forget. Some days, it takes all the distraction in the world to stop him from thinking about it.)
So he changes the angle. Deflects it away from what they want (and how badly wanting can backfire) and towards what they're stuck with. ]
And you're okay with this little game of cops and robbers they've got set up?
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Because he'd asked for a whole lot more than just faeries once.
(He tries not to think about what happened. Some days, it's easy to forget. Some days, it takes all the distraction in the world to stop him from thinking about it.)
So he changes the angle. Deflects it away from what they want (and how badly wanting can backfire) and towards what they're stuck with. ]
And you're okay with this little game of cops and robbers they've got set up?