@Fraust
"Well, I'm… I-I'm glad you're not…" Kit held tightly to Marin, not wanting to let them go. "You're nice… and… a-and you wanna help me…"
"Well, I'm… I-I'm glad you're not…" Kit held tightly to Marin, not wanting to let them go. "You're nice… and… a-and you wanna help me…"
Marin held Kit close to their chest, rubbing their back.
"I glad I am too. I'm glad that I get to be the first person you guide, that you won't get hurt." Marin wanted to protect Kit. They wanted to… change this, change how easy it was to hurt Kit or any other fairy for that matter.
Kit nodded weakly and yawned, sighing a bit. "My parents said people might be a little nicer with me since I'm little and they 'couldn't really use me for what they usually do' or something."
"Your parents would have been right, even if you had been the guide of a meaner person." Marin rubbed Kit's back, keeping him tucked close.
Kit buried his face in Marin's shoulder and sighed shakily. "Yeah… b-but they won't tell me what they usually do. I'm just glad that, whatever it is, you probably aren't doing it."
"The thing they usually do is probably really scary," Marin said softly. "And I'm not going to do anything that could ever hurt you."
"Okay… if you say so." Kit huddled a bit closer, curling his tail up. "My parents said that humans find fairies interesting and… lesser, since we're not human. They hurt us because they don't understand us."
"Humans can be cruel," Marin said softly. They'd seen too much of that in the end. The mage rubbed Kit's back, keeping him close.
"Mm… apparently so." He sighed again and buried his face in Marin's chest. "B-But we'll be fine. I doubt we'll even run into anybody."
"I doubt we will, either," Marin agreed. "We'll avoid them, okay? I don't want you to be scared, and I don't want anyone to try to hurt you."
Kit nodded a bit. "Mmkay… it's not common to run into other fairies or humans here out in the open anyway. Sometimes we'll see them in towns and stuff, though."
Marin hummed softly, nodding.
"We'll do our best then, so we don't have to do that." They didn't want Kit to be in any danger, after all.
"Mhmm. They probably wouldn't do anything in the middle of the town, honestly, so we should theoretically be alright…"
"Mhm. And we'll really be alright, because I won't let anything happen no matter what." Marin offered a small, encouraging smile, hugging Kit and rubbing the boy's back.
Kit nodded again, yawning as he huddled closer. "Mm… mhmm… thanks." He murmured softly. "Is it any better in the human realm? Or is it like it is here?"
"In the human world… there are those that hurt other people no matter what," Marin said softly, "but there are many many more people who don't want to hurt anyone at all."
"Mm… so I guess all humans are different, just like fairies. My parents said that they're all mean, though…"
"Am I mean?" Marin asked, head tilting some. "It's safe to assume people are, though, if so many hurt fairies…" The mage let out a small breath, holding Kit close.
"No! No, you're not mean at all!" Kit insisted, sitting back to look up at Marin. "You're really nice! I-I was honestly surprised since my parents only ever told me bad things… I didn't expect you to be nice. I-I'm really glad you are though, obviously."
"I was worried for a moment you didn't think I was nice because of what your parents told you," Marin admitted. "I don't want you to feel scared of it. I'm really glad for it, too."
"No, I know I can't believe everything they say." Kit laughed nervously. "They've only had bad experiences with humans, so they're not gonna speak highly of them, even if some are nice."
"I'm sure they want to make sure you're safe, too," Marin said. They hummed, rubbing Kit's back.
"Yeah…" Kit sighed softly. "I'm sure you're right. It's hard, though. They always make me feel really stupid. I-I guess it's warranted, though… I mean, they probably know how to raise kids better than I do. They've had a bunch, after all."
"They shouldn't make you feel stupid," Marin said. "They should help you understand things without doing that to you." The mage ran their fingers through Kit's hair, humming some.
Kit shrugged a bit and sighed. "I-I dunno… maybe I ask stupid questions and don't realize it. They've probably had to teach it a bunch. I don't wanna bother them."
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