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"What does that mean?"

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"There are a lot of rules about fairies. It's not a good idea to interact with fairies without knowing the rules. Cecelia could explain them to you but I would rather know who decided to kidnap us before giving them - one of the things they might be wishing to get out of having kidnapped us. You'd be entirely safe if you'd leave us alone."

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"Easier to leave people alone when they're not being a piece of shit to their slaves. Just in general."

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"He's not. Please, I'm sorry, I was very upset, I didn't - "

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"What is your problem!"

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"I just told you."

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"I take good care of her."

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With some difficulty he looks away, at the ground.

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She half-hugs Rána.

"M'sorry. I might have confused them. I was - I'm sorry."

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"It doesn't take much to confuse stupid people."

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She does not look very happy about this characterization, but she doesn't say anything.

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"There's a note for us. If either of the two of you can read it."

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"I guess I could try?" 

She looks at Rána.

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"Yeah, go on -"

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She gets it from the table and holds it out to her from a little ways away.

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She takes it.

"It's the Latin alphabet. Can't make much sense of the words."

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"Huh."

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"We didn't recognize the alphabet. - you didn't either, right?"

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"I didn't."

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"So... maybe whoever did this is closer to where you're from than where we're from."

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Nodnod. "Maybe."

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"Did you ask them how long they've been here?" he asks Catherine.

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"They said not very long. I don't know specifically."

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"How long do you think it was, before she showed up? Half an hour? I think it was longer between her and us than between me and you, or between her and him - "

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"Not more than half an hour. And yeah, he came faster after that." Glare.

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