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[ and so the slayer cracks open her locket once again. not, as some might anticipate, to comment aloud about the woeful state of animal welfare in these lands (as others already have. instead, she has a far more personal bone to pick. some domestic fat to chew. ]

Uhm. Pop quiz: where's the best place in the Drabwurld to raise a...teenager? [ she almost says 'kid', but corrects herself at the last moment. last thing she needs is yet another i'm not a kid argument with dawn. ] You know. Temporarily. Until we find a way outta this Ren-Faire disaster. Until then, I wanna know it all. Crime stats; outlet malls; hip-but-age-appropriate dance clubs. Preferably the kind where they definitely don't serve minors. [ each item is ticked off on her fingers. ]

O-oh! And schools. Please tell me there's at least one rinky-dink town that includes whatever counts as high school's wacky medieval cousin. [ because dawn summers is not dropping out by default. or so buffy vainly believes. she just hopes there are no hellmouths lurking about to interfere with math class. ] Knowledge is power, right?

[ funny. she never cared that much about the plight of kidnapped teenagers before now. but with the sudden arrival of the little sister, everything's changed. time to settle down and find herself a dependable chore chart, figure out a good curfew, and start disapproving of all of dawn's new friends. ]

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[Well, that much she can admit is true. Getting back to normal and being a family again is everything she ever wanted, after all. So her initial surprise fades and her shoulders relax, though she's not sure if whether she should be understanding this very moment or not. It's because somehow she expected her big sister to have more answers and not be able to embarrass her anymore.]

Yeah? Really. So what's the plan?

Did you know these fairies actually managed to drag a teacher here? An actual teacher. Who teaches things. It's a start.

Fairies? [Because firstly, since when did ugly creatures who kidnap everyone (imps) get to be called fairies?

Dawn makes a puzzled face for all of ten seconds before focusing on the real point her sister declares, not sure if she's for it or against it 100% yet.]

Right, but how do you know this teacher's not evil or anything? Learning is only fun until someone gets the wrong teacher.

The way I understand it? There are the ugly fairies and the pretty fairies and...you and me got voluntold by the ugly ones. Somehow. It's a crime, frankly.

[ back to the teacher in a moment. ]

Uh, okay. But how did we get into a lesson about the ugly and the pretty fairies?

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