"The connection to Arborea, and to the Abyss, has gotten weaker. Recently, it has gotten to the point where it is almost severed completely."
"Any connection hangs by the smallest thread. The Fey can no longer travel in between this world and that using the faerie paths."
They are more at ease when you drink the tea, but still nervous. Neither of them have a weapon, and few in Balinhost that aren't obviously constables or guards wear one.
"To fight the fey, you want magical cold iron and sometimes silver."