Winter looked puzzled a moment longer, then suddenly giggled. "Oh, Phouka! No, those are wedding rings. It's for when they marry one another," the pixie explained, pleased to know something the other did not.

"I see it all the time on telly. The man pulls out a ring, and the woman cries a lot- But happy crying, I think. And then they have babies. That's what will happen if the prince marries the mortal you know, one of them will cry, and then suddenly babies. Babies all over. Smelly, and crying, and shrieking..." Winter shuddered a little at the thought. Zombie babies were probably the worst.