He nodded at Valla's suggestion and stretched his back one more time, breathing in a deep breath and then looked at Drael, "Lead the way," he offered and she did just that, buzzing off toward the other side of the pool pausing at the treeline while she waited for them to follow.  Tommy turned back to Valla and smiled, "I have a feeling she'll be doing a lot of waiting..." he laughed as he trudged around the pool and hopped across the river that flowed from it.<br/><br/>As soon as he reached her, one of the many questions filling his mind popped out, "So what are you?  I mean, what does your people call themselves?  We call ourselves human, although we break ourselves down by other names too..." he rambled as he began to follow Drael through the underbrush.  She answered just as quickly, freely.<br/><br/>"Elders say we're the children of the Earth, all of us fae.  My people call themselves Fae'Ri," she replied, accenting the pause.  Tommy nodded and smiled... faeries.  So those childhood stories held a bit of truth, "But there are many different types of us.  That's what the council is for, to see that we all work for our Greater Good."  She flitted above his head, looking back at Valla, "And I assume you can guess that I'm female, like Valla," she laughed, twirling around both her and Tommy before leading them again through the underbrush.