Fairy-Struck
I grumbled.
"An orb and scepter," Mairte corrected, as my other attendants—several sidhe ladies—giggled.
"Am I going to have to hold an orb and a scepter?" I clarified.
"No, this isn't England." Mairte rolled her eyes.
"Well, thank God for that," I huffed, and the sidhe women gasped. "What did I say now?"
"God." laughed Mairte. "Here, we usually say 'Goddess' or 'Danu' if we want to get specific. To imply that a male deity could birth a race is slightly offensive to us."