"My 'boyhood' was spent here. I left when I was not quite a young adult sidhe, which wasn't until I was just under fifty. We don't have coin for... affection here. Protection, yes, but not coin. I was given flirty looks and some very enthusiastic come hithers and like a fool, I followed. It was a good learning lesson. And human women, unfortunately, have always been treated like property. My mother would love to educate such foolish men as to what sort of property she is. They wouldn't survive the lesson, but still..."

He sets the dress over the chair, then nods and goes for a cup of tea himself. "Rue will lead the way. If you need help with anything, I've two perfectly capable hands."