[well she has got very lovely teeth. janus cocks their head and tries not to stare, and then their eyes drift back up to meet hers. they can't help but smile. this is an absurd conversation, even considering the life they have led, in a world peopled by three inch tall pixies and friendly ducks.] There are many subtypes of tooth fairies in the world I come from, [they say.] Some are so-named because they steal teeth from people's mouths, painfully.

Others because their mouths are full of very sharp teeth, much like the angler fish you see in nature documentaries. But there are stories too, about the ones who pay children for their leavings. [they tilt their head, then remember there's a tiny girl sitting up there and right their head out again, peeking upward.] Is that what you are? Tooth fairies?