#bergen_county

"Come on, you can buy ME a burger" He waves to the others "Later, dudes"

And slips in.

Adam gets in, and off they go.

"Okay... you want to know our weaknesses? Mmmph taht would So sound wrong if you think about it" Zane grins

"Well, don't tell me anything you can't, you know, shouldn't."

"It's cool man, you'll find out about it eventually and not all of them see as weaknesses. Some you probably already know... but just to hit you with them fast as I can? Boggans are driven to help those in need... don't confuse them for suckers. Sure, if they see someone down on their luck, they might give them a bit of money or a lift or whatever.. but if you try to take advantage of that you might find what they think you need is a kick in the pants and put to work. Clurichaun.... some joke about booze, but they're collectors, like obssessive about a particular type? You seen the Leprechaun horror movies? Yeah... don't take their gold, or comic books or whatever. Eshu are fantastic story tellers, but they want to live the story and that doesn't happen without action so they're reckless. They take chances that make Siv or those guys we left look sedate. With me so far?"

"Eshu.... yeah. Reckless like Siv? Huh. Ok. Yeah, with you."

"Well, I use her as a rolemodel let's say if she's a seven on the 1to10 caution to let's do it meter, they're 9s and 10s" He moves on "Nockers are some of the most brilliant tinkers you will ever see, but they'll never get it perfect. You would think cursing was part of it, but that's just how they roll. Piskies are a hard one to find, they blend into crowds and cultures... they work hard, but they also can't stop stealing. Not always the valuable stuff...rather the interesting stuff. They're kleptos. Pooka? Well, you know about pooka lies. They're often a chatty kith but there's always at least one untruth in every paragraph they say. They also love to prank folks.. they're good at it."

Adam is still interested in Eshu, yes, but then he dims after the points about pooka. "Yeah. Good at it."

"YEah man, I don't know what to tell you. Eden always seemed cool to me, but think of th is way? If you couldn't talk to anyone and REALLY be understood, and a part of you just kept the truth even if you wanted to share it... you might play pranks to get attention too, right?"

"Psshht. Whatever." A shrug, and he mows down a few fries.

"Redcaps well, you've seen Dirk... redcaps are great at scaring folks, at bullying them, but they suck at any other kind of social intereaction... they give off bad vibes. Some think it's the Dreaming's way of warning folks about a dangerous predator, but that's a theory. Satyrs? Welll I think I told you, we're emotional right? We can get riled... I cry at sad movies, I get pissed in a fight... it's intense. It's real. then it's gone."

Adam nods at the point about redcaps, and listens.

"Sucky side is folks think my kith isn't sincere... or we're just horn dogs.. but I promiose you, everything I feel maybe briefer but if anything it's stronger. "

"Yeah, but.... how can you say that? Like.... how can you prove what you feel is stronger than what anyone else feels?"

"It's ... whadaya call it.... subjective."

"Because I remember me before my fae soul was sleeping. I HAVe been on both sides" "Now Selkies, you probably guess, have to protect their skins... and they feel a pull to the sea. "

"Wait, what, your what was who?"

"Dude, most changelings have two souls... fae and human.. we don't always have the fae side awake. "

"Like... possessed? How does that even work?"

"Not possessed that's sidhe.. well ,most sidhe. It's like human souls go on... t o their reward.. fae souls do the reincarnation thing in a new mortal body eventually. "

"-SIDHE- possess people!?!?!"

"Bodyjack... they boot the mortal souls out into the Dreaming. The sidhe say it's to a happier place but let's say it's hotly debated just what happens"

Adam looks sick. "Dude...... What the fuck is -wrong- with them?"

"Wait, so... Tanya too?"

"The mortal Tanya is gone into the Dreaming... and we don't know how much Sidhe have a choice... And this is going off to a big tangent"

Adam slurps up some Coke. "Dude, kinda -important- tangent."

"Worried your body will be seized and your soul ejected?" Zane looks up and makes 1950s Sci Fi music ssound "ooo weee oooo"

"Would they do that to me?" His voice perhaps at a higher pitch than at his usual.

"Dude.. " he puts his burger down "For all I know ? They fall out of the sky like shooting stars and have just as much choice where they land."

Adam looks up at the night sky instinctively.

"But sidhe are different ... they also ..well, banality, disbelief hits them them harder than most.."

"That's disbelief, right?"

"Wow... mmm how to explain that..." And he tries