[if he asked, the answer might be a surprise - but of course, moving on is easy enough. Thoma's questions are simple, enthusiastic, and Onya has always valued that more than they state.
it doesn't matter, really, that the questions may be basic and simple.]
Well, it's like anything, isn't it? What one individual calls a rock, another might call a cnagchócaon, and so on. A person's name is what others call them for ease and understanding, but what you are in the eyes of a world is your true name.
We fae folk value those names above many things, and it isn't uncommon for the Unseelie to take offense and use mispronunciations as leverage or excuses for vengeance. They're a terrible type, you see. Cold and pointlessly cruel, unlike we seelie.
[his comment about faeries in his own world brings a little smile to their face, head bobbing in acknowledgement.]
Even in our world, many humans know nothing of our existence. It's tied to belief there, you see, so most adults become too tied to the idea that the whimsical and "supernatural" aren't real. You're welcome to ask anything on that subject - I can't speak for others, but we of the seelie court do not lie.
[which, as he'll doubtlessly know from his time living under the employ of the Kamisato clan, is a very different statement from telling the whole truth, but hey.]
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it doesn't matter, really, that the questions may be basic and simple.]
Well, it's like anything, isn't it? What one individual calls a rock, another might call a cnagchócaon, and so on. A person's name is what others call them for ease and understanding, but what you are in the eyes of a world is your true name.
We fae folk value those names above many things, and it isn't uncommon for the Unseelie to take offense and use mispronunciations as leverage or excuses for vengeance. They're a terrible type, you see. Cold and pointlessly cruel, unlike we seelie.
[his comment about faeries in his own world brings a little smile to their face, head bobbing in acknowledgement.]
Even in our world, many humans know nothing of our existence. It's tied to belief there, you see, so most adults become too tied to the idea that the whimsical and "supernatural" aren't real. You're welcome to ask anything on that subject - I can't speak for others, but we of the seelie court do not lie.
[which, as he'll doubtlessly know from his time living under the employ of the Kamisato clan, is a very different statement from telling the whole truth, but hey.]