these days fewer and fewer people believe in those things-fairies and goblins and all such nonsense-and thus common folk no longer make much of an effort to seek us out . we could even get them to open the gates for us ! '' she jumped out and dashed into the party . i want the people to see this . she 's sitting cross-legged on a couch . he kept me a good distance away until finally , on his final bullet , i was within arms reach . 