[ Elena was a believer, then. Or she claimed to be. Hopefully she really was. He didn't know if he could stand one more person looking at him like he was crazy. ]
My daughter and I are from a land called Misthaven, but more widely it's known as the Enchanted Forest. [ Jefferson shot her an unsure look, but he kept going. ] That world is one where magic is real and things that you're likely to read about in fairy tales are actually true. Princesses and princes, heroes and villains, curses and the sort of true love needed to lift those curses? They all coexist, but there's more to it than the stories that make it to other worlds imply. They're never entirely right and things are more deep and complex than they even begin to tell.
[ He'd only scratched the surface, but that was a start. ]
I bet you wish I'd just said I was from Maine now.
[ Jefferson's tone sounded uncertain then, and the way his eyes wandered to the floor made it obvious that there had been people in the past who hadn't even considered that he was being honest. ]
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I guess you're right. We are.
[ Elena was a believer, then. Or she claimed to be. Hopefully she really was. He didn't know if he could stand one more person looking at him like he was crazy. ]
My daughter and I are from a land called Misthaven, but more widely it's known as the Enchanted Forest. [ Jefferson shot her an unsure look, but he kept going. ] That world is one where magic is real and things that you're likely to read about in fairy tales are actually true. Princesses and princes, heroes and villains, curses and the sort of true love needed to lift those curses? They all coexist, but there's more to it than the stories that make it to other worlds imply. They're never entirely right and things are more deep and complex than they even begin to tell.
[ He'd only scratched the surface, but that was a start. ]
I bet you wish I'd just said I was from Maine now.
[ Jefferson's tone sounded uncertain then, and the way his eyes wandered to the floor made it obvious that there had been people in the past who hadn't even considered that he was being honest. ]