You nervously looked over to Tulipelle and Rosette and then back over to Dandel, who looked genuinely interested in you. Neither Tulipelle nor Rosette said anything and you sighed heavily. You then looked back to Dandel and decided to answer honestly.
"I can't lie to you... I'm a changeling," you said slowly, "Yesterday I was a human man and I accidentally tumbled into your world and last night... I became a fairy after eating some of Tulipelle's cherries."
"Oh..." Dandel said slowly.
"Yes... so I'm afraid I'm still adjusting to being fairy," you said nervously.
"Anything you like so far then?" Dandel asked.
"I like being able to fly, something I couldn't do before..." you answered, "and it was fun to do on the way here."
"What about the fairy food?" Dandel questioned.
That made you think back to the cherries you'd eaten again. You found it odd that they were a golden color, but they tasted better than any cherry you'd had on earth. You then glanced over your shoulder for a moment and looked at your wings.
"Well... the only fairy food I've had was the cherries Tulipelle had and I found them sweeter than anything I had on Earth," you answered nervously, "So I really don't know..."
"You'll like Dandel's fried grasshopper!" Rosette spoke up, "they're to die for."
You then looked down at the plate in front of you. The grasshoppers on your plate were the same color you remembered seeing on grasshoppers on Earth, but as with the cherries you had eaten, they seemed scaled down to your present size. If they were on Earth they would be minute compared to normal grasshoppers. Maybe things in Gaia were all scaled down to fairy sizes, or at least some of them.The idea of eating bugs struck you as odd, but then, you also had to admit seeing somewhere that there were some human cultures on Earth that ate bugs for their source of protein.
"I take it they're crunchy?" you asked her.
"The crunchiest! You'll love them," Rosette insisted.
You then nervously looked to Dandel who was standing there as you conversed with her amorapromised over the qualities of her cooking. She didn't look angry or hateful, nor was she fully uncomfortable with you, but she also seemed to be looking more toward Rosette.
"Are these young grasshoppers or are they all scaled down to our size?" you asked after a moment.
"These are Lilly's Grasshoppers," Tulipelle answered, "we fairies actually farm them."
"Are there bigger ones?" you wondered.
"There are insects in Gaia that are as big as we are," Dandel answered, "given our small size... but we prefer to avoid them."
"Dangerous?" you asked nervously, though trying to also sound curious.
"Some can be," Rosette commented, "but we prefer to give them space."
"And no fairies study nature?" you asked.
"Some do," Tulipelle commented, "but that can be a subject for later."
"Okay..." you commented and then looked back to Dandel, "I'm sorry if I make you uneasy by what I am... and I'll leave if you don't want me here..."
"I'm okay with you," Dandel said softly, "you aren't the first changeling I've met or known. Surely Tulipelle and Rosette have told you about my seed mother."
"Yes..." you nodded, "but I didn't want to say anything that would hurt your feelings or make you uneasy."
"They're looking out for me," Dandel answered, "I'm not the greatest fan of humanity... I'll admit... but I'm not some raving lunatic... and I'll let you know that you've been given a very great gift..."
"To be a fairy?" you asked.
"Well that... and enjoying my fried grasshopper," Dandel said with a smile.