Mortal and Promise in fairyland
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...he snorts, and shakes his head. "That could be your nickname. Weird."

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"Hmmaaaybe. I still don't know why I need one."

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He scratches his head. "If someone has your name," he tries, slowly, "they can tell you to do things, and you have to do them."

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"Why do I have to do them?"

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"I don't know. You just do. You can't not do them."

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"Well, Dad knows my name and he told me not to run away and I did it anyway."

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He cocks his head. "Are you sure he knows your true name?"

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"Of course he does, he was there when Mum chose it!"

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"Chose—oh, right, I think I read that somewhere. All humans are breeders, right?"

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"What are breeders?"

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"Breeders are fairies that come from other fairies."

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"But humans aren't fairies," she points out.

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"But you come from other humans!"

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"Yes. When a man and a woman love each other very much, and they are married, they pray to God and He makes the baby appear in the woman's belly where it grows until it can leave."

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He makes a disgusted face. "That sounds very gruesome. What happens if a woman loves another woman very much? Or a man and another man? And what's being married?"

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She pauses, clearly never having considered those possibilities before. She slowly explains what a marriage is while she thinks: "A marriage is when two people who love each other very much promise to God they will be together forever. And I don't know what happens when two men or two women love each other like that," she admits.

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"Forever? Really? That's a very long time. Who is this god person everyone has to promise things to and ask things from?"

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She once again finds herself faced with a question she's never asked. She crosses her arms and thinks. "Dad says God created everything and everyone, and He loves everyone very much and wants us to be happy and love Him a lot and be good," she finally says, satisfied with her answer.

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"Really? I've never heard of him. Did he create fairyland too?"

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She blinks and her eyes widen in sudden realisation. "We're in fairyland?"

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"We're obviously not in the mortal world!" he retorts.

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"Wow! That's so cool!"

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"I know," he says, smugly. "But anyway. Did he?"

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"Did who what?"

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"Did god create fairyland?" he repeats patiently.

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