Clara blushes a bit, feeling silly now. She tries to tell herself that she learned something interesting: There's no version of a union for the faes there in their world.

The more you know about the others from a conversation.

"So I take it then that you and your mother... volunteer your services to the Courts. It's optional to be involved with it." Otherwise they can do as they please, from what she's gathered. It would explain the constant idea found in almost all culture of the wandering fairies and spirits in the countryside, pulling tricks and pranks on passerby. They must be the ones who don't have jobs proper with the Courts.