7 * Faeries believe that all truth already exists but that many truths have not yet been discovered. It is the search for these undiscovered truths that is the sociological obsession of the faeries.
8 * To be “nameless” in the Fae classes is to be unrecognized by the other members of one’s caste. In most cases it is a virtual death sentence since most Fae refuse to accept a lower station than their born caste, and no station above their caste will support them.
9 * Fate is a preoccupation of the faeries. They believe that just as there is an ultimate, all-encompassing truth, also there is an all-encompassing fate. That fate exists, however, does not make the faeries “fatalistic.” They believe that part of their purpose in life is to discover what their fate is through their own actions and decisions.
10 * “. . . rehearsed for her, from first to last”: This is a common faery construction meant by the original author to shorten the hand-copied text. Faeries are exacting in their telling of their stories and histories. This phrase allows the faery chronicler to save himself the trouble of duplicating text that has already been copied by referring the reader back to previous records.
11 * Faeries do not lie, as they are obsessed with the truth of all things. The closest that faeries come to deception is to keep the truth of something hidden for a time that suits their purposes. However, if asked directly, they will answer with whatever they know to be true. For this reason, it appears, everyone who knows about the nightrunners’ flight from Qestardis is with the caravan itself, with the single exception of the queen.
12 * Humans would ascribe her experience to “making it up” in her imagination. Faeries, however, have no imagination. The sensation she is describing would be an uncomfortable one and is conveying knowledge to her through the magic.
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