"Not at all," she said, finally finding her balance there on the sand now that the kid had stopped squirming so much. Her wings folded back down quickly, blowing up another small puff of sand over her feet as she shifted the littler one's weight more securely onto her hip. "I'm elder fae. A fairy, technically."

But... since it seemed to calm the kid down....

She peeked back over her shoulder, lifting her wings more deliberately this time, and unfolding them again to give a better view. "Have you seen a fairy before?"