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Debosmita asked this question about The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1):
What does mean to be mortal and immortal in this book? I mean those Balekin kill a lot of people who consider themselves to be immortal. Where is the explanation then?
Josefina I think it means the fae don't die by natural causes. Murder is not a natural cause of death, so they can be killed. If i'm remembering well, <spoiler…moreI think it means the fae don't die by natural causes. Murder is not a natural cause of death, so they can be killed. If i'm remembering well, <spoiler> in the coronation chapter, the high king is veeeery old and was about to have an induced death after Dain was crowned. Of couse, that's not what happened at all.</spoiler>(less)
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The Cruel Prince
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