The storyteller's voice: I aped the style and sentence phrasing from Calvino's Italian Folktales, which were verbal tales converted to written. It's very relaxing to write! I don't have to try to justify anything. It works so well for Ladd/Lua as they can just be, instead of being explained.
I love that no matter how broken or selfish the lead characters in fairy tales, they always get happy endings. :)