"A very old and powerful one," Balthazar adds, "to judge from what I can feel of her. I thought it wisest for me to stay out of the way. Fae are complicated."

That's just his opinion, of course, but what he's seen of Mina's passenger bears it out. He's watching Fortescue's reaction now, aware that she's had some unpleasant dealings with beings she calls elves, but not certain how similar these would be to Mina's Fae Queen.