Elvish Princess

"I went to high school with his nephew." Leda said, as she descended the stairs with Monet, a young anthropology grad student. The two had met the day before at the Fraternity's St. Patrick's Day celebration. Monet's boyfriend Watie, was a Trueblood, the only one known to have attended a Mortal University. He was the son of staffers at the Embassy who had been trapped in The World when the border disappeared.

Leda's road trip had been delayed due to both red tape, and a number of interviews and appearances she'd felt obligated to make. Mostly it was to reassure her own people on this side of the border, but she'd been convinced to talk to a number of Mortals as well.

She'd really done herself up for her TV appearances, in hopes that dressing down when she finally got going would help disguise her.

"I didn't know they were real." Monet replied.

Leda had spotted the statue of Kermit and Jim Henson on campus.

"Well, uh, maybe here they're not? But the border is the border to lots of realms other than just Faerie and this Earth. I've been to a few others."

"Wild."

"You have no idea."