"No roads. Not really... towns, either, I guess you could call big courts towns but it's not typical. Gates aren't used to transport within Fairyland because a gate goes between Fairyland and the previously-known mortal world, where sorcery doesn't work, not point to point. You also seem to be expecting... much more trade than there is? Are humans just really into trading things on large logistically complicated scales?"

"Yes. Most human civilizations at this point are organized in large states, and have considerable trade both internally and with other nations, it is the only way to really get specialization of labour and goods that require advanced craftsmanship, and also raw materials of various sorts, for building or for pottery or weapons or jewelry, are often found only in some regions. Not to mention most crops only grow in certain climates. Many spices that humans like to put in our food only grow in Seejay or further south - oh, for reference that is around a thousand miles south of here." 

"Huh, if I liked something that didn't grow near me I'd get a little of it and use magic to make it grow anyway."

"We also do that here! Probably different magic, ours cannot make plants grow directly but we can use weather-barriers to make greenhouses that replicate a climate further south. On a small scale, though, because most humans are not mages." He's frowning, thoughtful. "You said sorcery does not work in the mortal world you knew of, but - your sorcery does work here?" 

"Yes. I wouldn't have bothered trying it if I hadn't seen you doing magic but you did and my understanding had been mortals didn't have any."

"Hmm. That is very interesting." Leareth falls silent, thinking. 

"Does Fairyland have gods?" 

"Just fairies."

"Lucky you," Leareth says dryly. "Not that your world seems to lack problems, exactly, so perhaps it does not help that much." 

"Fairyland isn't especially nice, no."

Sigh. "I would like to help. I disprefer when anywhere contains an equilibrium with that much unpleasantness. It sounds fraught for mortals to attempt operations there, though." 

"You can't safely eat there, yeah."

"Can you bring food grown in the mortal world, or does that also become unsafe once it is in Fairyland?" 

"I think that's safe if you can make sure it isn't tampered with."

"If our magic works in Fairyland, as sorcery does here, that seems feasible. Are there additional dangers to mortals there, aside from having your name become known, or I suppose the offensive magic that sorcerers in a court would have?" 

"I think magic - kind magic and sorcery both - and names and food are the bulk of it, though it's not actually impossible for fairies to, like, stab people, it's just not typical."

"And I would guess they do not possess a particular advantage at stabbing, relative to mortals?" He stops. Leans forward a bit. "- Are fairies immortal? I had somehow not thought to question what the word choice here implied." 

"Yes, we are."

"Huh. That - makes sense? Are you just unaging, or are you also impossible to kill?" His lips twitch. "I think Sunspring and I are both jealous either way." 

"We can't die."

"Wow." 

"Is the fairy population stable, or growing? It was not obvious what the rate was of new fairies being– I suppose not 'born', exactly, but coming into existence by whichever method." 

"Some breeders are probably born. Everyone else we say we 'start'. The population's growing but I don't know how fast."

"How large is Fairyland?" 

"It goes on forever."