There is the sound of stone grinding against stone, and then a small section of wall is pushed open as though it was a door, even though there is no door there. A young dark-haired girl richly dressed in red and gold crawls through the new doorway and stands up, grinning as she looks around at the Sorting Room. She has a small brown case slung over
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Who is the Pale Man? Is he dangerous?
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"Here you are. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did," she says. "The Pale Man is very dangerous. His eyes are in his hands, and he kills children -- the knife I took from him is the knife he used to kill them, but he didn't need it to kill them. I think he ate them as well. He has very sharp teeth -- he killed the other two fairies I knew by biting their heads off." She looks sad, and a bit guilty. "That was all my fault. I woke him up.
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...I knew someone like that when I was growing up. Something like that. I'm pretty sure if it hadn't been you that woke the Pale Man up, it would've been something else. Those kinds of - things - always seem to come back.
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"I've already used the key for what I needed it for, and I don't want the knife," she says once she knows what her answer is. "A ribbon is just a ribbon, I can get more. I don't need the medicine, I'm not going to give away all of my chalk, and I know all the stories in the fairytale books off by heart. The most important thing about them was that they reminded me of Padre, and now that I've found my kingdom and my padre there I don't need them for that anymore. The most important book I'm keeping, I didn't say anyone could have that. So it's alright if people want some of these things."
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"Here you are. I don't think I'll need it, but if I do I'll find you."
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After deciding on a good compromise, he addresses the girl. "Hello, I am Kouneru. Would you be willing to tell me some of the fairy tales you know, someday? I'd quite like that."
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"So you're a princess! I knew a princess. Are you a good one?"
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