"One more question and then I'll answer, but it is a dangerous question, so weigh your words accordingly. Are you willing to learn a great and terrible secret about the fae? An embarrassment?"

Lan leans in, already lowering her voice, "If I tell you this, you will know it, it will sit in your gut and your heart, and you will know this about all the fae you meet, but you must never say it to them. Can you do that?"