"I..... can?" Alder says. "My older brother Aspen used to talk about things like this. Well, a long time ago. When I was really little. Huh."

"Yes you can Alder," Alastor said. "Kori is there a reason why he can see the ropes?" Alastor asked Kori.

Amethyst was so deep into thought, she didn't even pay attention to the conversation around her, she was definitely completely distracted. Ray looked at Amethyst, "Oi! Little sis! You good?" Ray asked her sister

"I think so." Kori says uncertainly. "Back in the days of my father, there was a clan of Earth fairies called the Alduinn, or the Pact-Seers. They were destroyed just before Atlantis, but they could see the..... connections between people and objects. Like promises, friends and enemies, all sorts of stuff. It was weird. But..... it seems there must have been a couple of survivors. Namely our friend Alder." Kori gestures to the boy, who looks slightly confuzzled.

"Why were the Alduinn got destroyed?" Alastor asked.

"Same reason as us, I guess," Kori shrugs. "Dark fairies."

Amethyst looked at her sister and shook her head, she was freaked out that she couldn't see these ropes, and the fact that she was a spy for Origin made the entire situation worse.

Alastor begins to think. "If the dark fairies destroy them then did they see them as a threat?" Alastor asked.

Kori laughs. "I think they see us all as a threat," He admits. "But..... yeah. Them in particular. Even WE kept them at arm's length. We were pretty afraid of them."

"Why were you afraid of them?" Alastor asked. He begins to think again.