Chris shivered, she'd meant to scare him but anything Lillian whispered in his ear could only be exciting.
"What's a sprite?" asked Michelle, unintentionally easing the tension.
"You would probably know of them as pixies or fairies. They're definitely not all rainbows and granted wishes though. They have retreated from our dimension over the last three millennia after losing their war and as humans grew more prevalent. They're very rare these days and quite powerful if they can focus their minds to magic for more than five seconds. I'm ashamed to say that there have been sales of captured sprites in the past to be used as ingredients in powerful spells."
Susan gave the textbook explanation to the ex NSA agent, who was actually learning to take knowledge bombs like this in stride.
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