[Rue will not say how much the ease of magic, the gentle coaxing of nature to grow around them feels like home.

But they do turn their big-eyed, owlish gaze upon the fae stranger.]

Are you and yours courtless? All I have ever known was the political intrigue and games played by the faerie courts. I had only just denounced my court before I arrived here instead. I never had the chance to live there free.

[It is difficult. Rue can not stand the idea of anyone being kept, even if it is by an agreed upon deal, but this world will not protect them -]

I do not have much to bargain for. Nor would I ask anything of you while offering nothing in return. I am not cruel. And I do not wish to work in the way of the fey any longer. I will not play the games they instructed me in. But I can hardly begin to comprehend what offer would pique your interest.

What is it that you want more than anything? Freedom?