The moment of truth (2)

"Fay, dearest, I'm sorry, but I cannot allow you to step into the starlight plain. Not when it was designed to keep your kind away."

This was the one topic that I feared tackling ever since I realized a time would come when it would surface. 

But there was absolutely no way for me to let Fay step anywhere close to the starlight plain. Not after I myself deduced that it was designed to keep her kind away, striking at the very core weakness of it. 

Looking at Fay's face, I could see how it went from shock, turned into a milder surprise only to then explode in anger as she came to the exact same conclusion as I did. 

Yet, while I knew there was no way for me to let Fay come with me… Fay couldn't even imagine a scenario where she would allow me to go there without her. 

"No."