you brought this on yourself, you know

What's harder than trying to write wacky made-up faerie science?

Writing wacky made-up faerie science from the point of view of a character who doesn't know the first bloody thing about it. Especially when the education of your other major protagonist pretty much stops at her knowing how to read.

There are days when I really, really wish I'd constructed this story in a fashion that made Wrain or somebody the faerie protagonist, in Dead Rick's place.