How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"After all," she said, "many people here have little enough patience or understanding for their fellow human beings who are only superficially different from them—so how would it be for little people with blue skins who can fly?" (59.14)
Elinor hits the nail on the head: the characters that populate fantasy and sci-fi novels are often way different than normal human beings here on non-supernatural Earth. Since we already have plenty of misunderstandings and conflicts with our fellow human beings, how would we handle meeting supernatural critters like fairies or trolls?