"No…" Artemis smiled. "I'm curious."
"I see." Kuri said, though she did not. She could not figure this young man who said one thing and meant another. "Well, magic-users are either born with magic, like me, or with the ability to tap into the magic around them. Would you like to try? By the way. Ava is a fairy, and she is my cousin. She is half-sprite. The People welcome her as liaison become she looks like a fairy."
Artemis sighed. "How sad. If she looked human, they would reject her."
"Not one or the other. She had to carve out her own place, alone. Before she knew it, she was alone." Kuri gestured at him with her tea cup. "That is where you come in."
"Me?" Artemis was genuinely surprised.
"When you bonded with the People, they began to realize…" Kuri smirked. "They needed a spy."
Artemis took a moment to consider this. He had saved a half-sprite from loneliness? He smiled warmly. So he had done some good after all.