[ The skin of his hands is very pale against hers, nut-brown. And less clean, at that; he might have come to the feast straight from currying horses or handling hounds. ]

Hearing talk of them is near the most you will do, regarding them. They are passive, and near always out of sight. The Unseelie Court, I understand, is possessed of more active leadership.

I do not intend to linger much longer under the auspices of their protection.