“Am I in Faerie now?” “Yes,” Poe said, after an astonished pause. Clearly he had thought I knew all this already. “And no. This is a borderland, where Faerie mixes with your world.” I nodded slowly. I thought of the path I had followed with Snowbell, past the faerie homes and into the glacier. “Then in order to use your door, I must be in Faerie myself?” “In the winterlands,” Poe said. “The summerlands are too warm and wet—the door will crack and fall apart there.” “But—” I stopped and shook my head. I was still not convinced I understood, but for the time being, the mechanics of the gift Poe
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