"I'm a fairy, darling. Dramatic is what I am inside." She smiled at him once more before turning forward to march on. Nandita really could be a mystery sometimes, but her emotions changed at the drop of a pin. Besides, if he was going to be pessimistic she had to be opposite because two sad people just made for a really bad time.
"What is your favorite thing to eat--that isn't fish?" she asked curiously. It wasn't as if she had taken care of him before.