Sunny crossed her legs under the table, dangling her purse from her ankle. "I remember that, yes," she said as neutrally as possible. If she thought too much about it, it would just start her blood at a slow boil.

"There's a quote from Peter Pan. 'Fairies have to be one thing or the other, because being so small they unfortunately have room for one feeling only at a time.' I doubt the author ever encountered anything magical in his life, but is it like that?"