HafH- Lee's Dream

Lee sinks down further into the water for a while, only coming back up to speak.
"I have a friend named Rey who is a Huldra. He's been the same wide-eyed peasant boy looking for friends and chasing humanity for a thousand years. I...I can't do that. I don't think I'd be able to go that long without snapping. But what scares me is that I don't even know if I could snap. Rey's been lonely for a thousand years and he's been fine. He shouldn't be fine! He said that fairies aren't real people, and I know what he meant. We can't ever change. We can learn, but we can't change. " he removes a hoof from the water, examining it.
"I can get my hands back, but they'd just be a lie. And my 'real' hooves aren't much better. The saying goes that I'm just a dream, and I'm terrified to think it might be literal. So yes. I want to be real again. Besides, if I don't soon Gwen will get herself killed trying. And my cat says I stink like this. I can't have that." he says with a weak chuckle.