Felassan's eyes slide to the house, his smile crooked. He is — Aella or whoever forgive him — increasingly Team Wind Sprite. If Gadriel departs the scene before he does there's a nonzero chance he'll release them from their prison. What would be the harm, really? Arguably there'd even be a benefit: whomever that house belongs to won't get a face full of sprites when they try to return.

"I was not," he agrees. "But until I get back what these gods have taken from me, there is not much else I can do."