#nuala caille

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The girls have already made some friends, while I have been attempting to find a husband so we can afford to build a proper house. Or a hut, at the very least.

Nuala met a young woman named Lece Hansart, who seems like a nice enough girl, and Sisuile met a young man named Randulf. I kept a close eye on them when I could, knowing that young women and men together were to be chaperoned, but I knew it wasn't something I needed to worry about. Generally, they all met together.

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"Come, this place looks decent," I beckon to the two behind me, following me like ducklings to their mother.

Why they still followed me, even though I was the only one doomed to this curse of mortality, a future with only one conclusion, I would never know. I longed to tell them to stop, go back, this punishment was not meant for them. If they came with me, that would be it for our noble line of Caille.

But I couldn't bring myself to do it, for I am nothing if not selfish.

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All three of us sisters decided that we wanted to come back to visit this place once more, at a later date. Each of us for different reasons.

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My sisters and I decided to visit a local place where humans were known to gather. It was a very nice place, full of warmth, music, food, drink, and... ahem, ways to make money.

What? I told you I like taking things that aren't mine.

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There's one place in particular, only a short jaunt from our home. It's a small pool of water, but when we bathe within its waters, it replenishes us. I think it might be a direct link to our home, but I'm not going to investigate.

I'm not allowed to go back, so I won't try.

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Sometimes, it becomes incredibly obvious that Innisgreen is the closest land to the fae realm. The magic seeps into the air, and stains it a glowing amethyst. Rays meet the ground, and rainbows rise from waterfalls. Magic is in the very land and air we breathe, and it suddenly feels like home.

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Nuala had a very different impression of our situation than Sisuile or I did, at least at first. She told me, that first month, that she actually was really enjoying being one with nature.

"You're a fairy," I told her, unamused. "You've always been one with nature."

With a very teenaged roll of her eyes, she informed me, "It's different here, Áine. Hiding our wings, being unable to fly everywhere, and doing things the human way, it feels... I can't explain it to you, sister. I think it's what I've been missing."

I wondered if perhaps she'd eaten a bad mushroom, but I didn't say that to her. If she enjoyed this, the dirt and the difficulty, who was I to deny her?

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We quickly learned that living off the land in the human world was going to be a lot dirtier than we first thought.

Everything is dirt, or mud, and dirt and mud absolutely cling to the body and clothes.

Unfortunately, we didn't anticipate this, so there was only enough room in our fairy house for one tub for bathing. We decided to take turns using it when we all needed to bathe at the same time.