[ okay. so. when you deal with dicks for a living, you can kind of just continue dealing with them in your newly-strange personal life. you try to be nice to a guy and he's an asshole back, so is life! he rolls his eyes, softness dissipating almost instantly as he crosses his arms over his chest. ]

First off, don't invoke the fae so freely. Last time I pissed one off, she fucked me up really bad. Second, I don't know what it's like where you're from, but these circumstances are weird for where I'm from too. It's just that that [ with a gesture to the portals ] is completely normal rich people and spellcaster shit. I prefer other methods of travel, but it's clearly the only option right now and I'm not about to get my ass stuck in a liminal space again.