He goes back to the house eventually too. Gets a room set up for Cecelia and her kids.

"I'm glad you asked them to stay with us."

" - oh good. I was thinking I should've asked you."

"Eh. Would've been the careful thing to do but someone needed to offer them a place."

"Poor Cecelia."

"Yeah. She'd already been through more than enough."

"Mad at him but don't actually know if that's fair."

"I'm assuming the idea is he thought she'd be in more danger with him. Or something."

"Yes, definitely, but - still maybe justified in being mad at him. Depending on details."

"Yeah."

"Could've let her decide."

"Yeah. Might've thought she wouldn't make a sensible decision, or wouldn't have felt very free to choose, I guess. And she does have kids."

"Maybe he couldn't - let her choose not-him. It'd be very hard."

"Maybe."

"I'm not gonna have any deep insights into what the fairy was thinking. Probably he was doing his best. I feel r - metaphorically rotten about being partially responsible for bringing misfortune on him in the first place. I hope Cecelia's okay eventually but I think it'll probably be really hard for her for a long time."

Nodnodnod.

"Suspect he'll want - once he's sure he won't die - if he doesn't die - suspect he'll want her back. Dunno if it'd be good for either of them."

"Well, he's gonna have to be the one to do something about it, if he told her to never come back. Which is maybe logistically complicated if he doesn't have a way to contact us."

"I guess if it seems in a couple months like it'd be good for her and she thinks so too we could have Matt or Connor go talk to him."

"Yeah. I guess so. Maybe they'll have a better idea of how much time he might need."

Nod. "You okay?"

She sighs and frowns and doesn't immediately answer.

"Could probably go back to lying, now, but it seems - disrespectful, or something."

- nod.

"I guess I would not characterize myself as completely content with the situation."

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to - I'm sorry. I could move out, if that helps."