COT
I'm Cot.

LEE

Nice to meet you, Cot!
I promise this spoon isn't going to hurt you.
...Unless you have an iron allergy.
...Which is extremely uncommon in humans.
You are human, aren't you?

COT
uh... yeah?

LEE
I knew it!
I didn’t expect to find any other humans out here.
Do you live with the pixies?

COT
With the who?

LEE
Pixies. Fae plurus.
This whole are is teeming with them,
you haven’t seen any?

COT
No, are they … dangerous?

LEE
Most definitely! Do you see this empty spot on the ground? That’s
called a fairy ring. If a human stepped in there unprepared, he or she would be--

[LEE claps her hands]

LEE
--Zap! Disappeared.

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The Field Guide To Magical Animals by Joe Wierenga

That iron thing is real, or at least as real as anything can be in fairytales. Field Guide isn't about coming up with new fantasy tropes, it's about using old ones in new and interesting ways.

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