"I was wondering the same," Lambert admits, shrugging. "Maybe that's what happens when you're away from the Courts ... then again, the fae in the Summerlands weren't much better. Maybe less ready to kill us, but not like..."

He frowns, trying to find the right words to put around it, before he settles on borrowing Rita's since they capture the spirit well enough.

"Like they're people. Like you said. It's like they aren't real."