with a reverence unimpaired

"Why?" Amalia asks again, but this time there is fire in her voice, irritation unsoothed even by Jyoti's calming presence pulling muscles tight within her chest. "You say you want nothing to do with us, that we trespassed, but now you refuse to let us go?" The baker's eyes are flinty as she glares down at the fae. It is only the gentle song of the starwhale and a fresh fall of stardust which keeps her from breaking, falling into the frustration and exhaustion and fear in her heart. Taking a deep breath again, Amalia reaches out for the whale, gentle fingers stroking soothingly at its back. "We share the world with you now. The barrier is down. Don't you want to know how that happened? What it means?" Amalia Her eyes, they know too much. She'll treat you like somebody but you just can't touch.