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"Doesn't surprise me a bit."

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Okay Mehitabel is done beaming now where are the unicorns.
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There are unicorns over there! There is also a short person with pointy ears over there!

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"Do people ride unicorns," Mehitabel says in a loud whisper.

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"Yes." Anaphiel doesn't bother to whisper, just responds on the plane inaccessible to nondivine beings.

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"Can I go talk to the fairy," she whispers again.

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"Sure. I'll step in if it looks like it needs it."

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Mehitabel hugs her and then marches fairyward.

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The fairy regards her with slight wariness as she approaches.

"Hello, little mortal girl."
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"Hello. Your unicorns are really pretty. May I pet one?"

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He considers her, then looks at the accompanying adult.

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"We're extremely and unconventionally magic, we have a way to get home and aren't going to end up trapped, we're not here to start any kind of trouble, and I can compensate you if she takes up enough of your time to warrant it," Anaphiel assures him.

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He nods. "I suppose, then." He makes a sort of complicated clicking sound, and a unicorn with a white coat with black spots and a golden mane and socks trots up. "This is Flowerfrost. She's one of the calmer ones."

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"She's beautiful!" Mehitabel strokes Flowerfrost's nose.

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He smiles. "She really is, isn't she."

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"How do you train them to come when you make the noise?"

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"Positive reinforcement," he says, digging out a lump of something that looks almost like a sugar cube from his pocket and feeding it to the unicorn.

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"Can I feed her a sugar?"

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"Sure," he says, handing her a lump.

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Mehitabel feeds the unicorn, grinning from ear to ear. "Why do you have so many, what do you do with them?"

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"Nobles like having herds of unicorns roaming over their estates--it's a sort of a status symbol. But unicorns aren't as wild as most people think, so they need some takin' care of."

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"I would probably like a unicorns status symbol better than other kinds of status symbol," nods Mehitabel.

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"It's better'n some," he nods.

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"Who's the noble here?"

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"Lady Saikka Winterbloom," he says, "so named for her great skill at botanical magic."

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