[Her protest comes immediately and gently when she hears the sound of ice crackling upstairs. Whether it's a fairy, or a cat, or even a mouse, she gives him a shake of her head before she presses her forehead to his. She can feel both of their agony buzzing in the air around them and making her skin tingle, that fire inside her dimming but never quite fading. She knows how he feels because she feels the same, but—]
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[Her protest comes immediately and gently when she hears the sound of ice crackling upstairs. Whether it's a fairy, or a cat, or even a mouse, she gives him a shake of her head before she presses her forehead to his. She can feel both of their agony buzzing in the air around them and making her skin tingle, that fire inside her dimming but never quite fading. She knows how he feels because she feels the same, but—]
If it's an animal, I don't want to hurt it.
[Even if it's an annoying, loitering fairy.]