Entrance

"The book calls her an 'elf'. But she's no elf I'm otherwise familiar with. I don't think most pixies have wings that can slice through paper, though, and she does. I... Have a little control, anyway. She'll do as I ask, and intervene to defend me if I get attacked, but I can't tell her to do anything it won't do of its own accord. So if I told her to go swimming, she wouldn't. And it might break my control over her, too. Then she'd either try to fly away, or if she's feeling really upset, attack us. But mostly me." I don't think Natalie's ever met a pixie.

The Dancing Elf, meanwhile, keeps doing loop-de-loops and flitting around acrobatically. Every movement is graceful, and it doesn't stop dancing.