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“I just want to make sure we’re all okay.”
Inky seemed to want to remind them who was most important since he jumped up and settled on Felix’s hip.
“Hi, kitty,” Felix mumbled in a sleepy tone.
He fell asleep after a few more minutes. Rainier stopped rubbing his shoulder and settled his arm around him. As long as Mum didn’t nag him too much, the next six months would be fun. Even though he decided to borrow that lord’s unused home this time, he preferred for his pets to live with him. It was much easier to spend time with them.
Mum would have to get over it.
When he awoke after a bit, he didn’t remember falling asleep. Inky was gone, and Felix was fiddling with a strand of his long hair. He dropped it and cast Rainier a guilty look.
“I don’t mind if you play with my hair. That’s exactly what a Kitten might do.”
Felix sat up. “Do I have to be a Kitten now?”
“No. Tell me what the human realm is like. I've never spoken to a human before you."
That brought a smile to Felix’s face. “I guess I’m a novelty to you, huh? It’s funny because fairies all seemed like novelties to me at first.”
“I guess you sort of are,” said Rainier. “But clearly, humans aren’t all that different.”
“Some act like I am once they find out,” said Felix. “I came from Ranet which is a hub city for wheat and corn.”
Rainier listened and tried to picture it while Felix told him about the city. Humans only had a few colors for hair, no one had wings, horns, tails, or moving tattoos. There were no cat or bird types.
“I’m guessing there are no fox or bunny types?” Rainier asked with a smile.
“That’s a type?” asked Felix.
Rainier nodded. “There aren’t very many.”
“Why not?”
“I don’t know. Two bunny or fox types might not have a bunny or fox child, and we don’t know why they're like that. They’re rare, and we think Elira must have designated them as special, but we don’t know the reasoning.”
“We definitely don’t have those either,” said Felix.
They had tribes back home on the Gramoan Continent, and they were called Native Gramoans in general. Each tribe had its own name, and they had varying practices and cultures. They roamed around in groups because they liked to allow the land to replenish. Felix knew that because he had talked to some in Ranet as a child.
They didn’t build big cities like the white man, and because they had different ways of dressing and living, some white people treated them like trash.
“I’d prefer to live in a city, but their way sounds reasonable,” said Rainier.
“Yeah, but some humans tend to prefer everyone to be like them. Mother says it makes them feel safer because they don’t want to make an effort to understand stuff.”
“But your Mother was okay with some fairy that she liked?”
“Yeah. They were planning to get married at first, but it didn’t work out because they wanted different things, so they parted on friendly terms. She liked it here, so we stayed.”
Rainier decided he wasn't going for a ride with the family. Listening to Felix was much more fun even though he’d hear it later.
Chapter Five
“Just what is so interesting that you couldn't come along?” Mum scolded him as she sat at her vanity to primp her hair.
Rainier turned his head to discreetly roll his eyes while he sat on the edge of her bed. She’d sent a servant to fetch him.
“When your Aunt and cousin come to visit, you can’t just ignore them.”
