*begins to delicately pick out the overture of the soundtrack of his Fantastic and Wonderful Story*
*brightly* Oh, they're real. Listen and learn, Your Highnesses. *flatly, his eyes flickering briefly to your companion* And Ecthelion.
*clears his throat and begins* Once upon a time, there was a beautiful rainbow. The very tip-top arc of the rainbow, the red one, was named EGO (for Ever Green's Opposite, don't you know). Our friend Eggy was quite proud of being the very boldest and shiniest color in his rainbow, and all the way at the very tip-top, too. Any time a pretty little sunbeam came near him, he winked and shone and turned an even brighter red all the way down into his sticky-out-y ends. *punctuates this part of the story with a folksy rendition of the sort of music that might be played at "Eggy"'s very favorite clubs!*