Back to the barn
You don’t even know where she lives or her name. Launia would be the best hope for getting the answers you seek.
You head back to the barn, realising you left the food for her when you rescued the girl just as you enter.
"So how was your morning?" Launia asks.
"Well, I found some cave drawings of a unicorn. Was that you? I also rescued a girl who saw right through my disguise. Strangely she was the only one to do so."
She nods. "The disguise is partially based on disbelief. Adults do not believe in unicorns, that means the disguise is much more effective on them. If we had a lot more power we could do a much more effective disguise. And yes, those drawings are me."
"So I need to avoid little kids?"
"You must be wary of them, yes, especially girls. They seem more prone to piercing the disguise. It is something to be celebrated though in that they still have the belief that we are real, despite the adults trying to correct them."
"Unfortunately I forgot the food for breakfast."
She nods "I see that. What did you pick and what did you reject?"
You tell her about searching for grass and winding up with acorns, and then leaving even those behind when you encountered the little girl. Launia nods. "Grass will do, and in fact is pretty tasty. But it’s not very filling. You need a lot of it. The acorns were a better choice."
You also mention how you thought of getting fish and then rejecting it. "Yes we are mostly herbivores. We can eat meat but it is not ideal for us."
"The easiest thing is to use our magic to keep us fed. But when we don’t have much any extra magic we can sneak out is very helpful. Do you want to explore the city or stay here and learn more about our magic?"
Written by Catprog and Xodiac on 25 December 2014