"Nephrite." It might have been better if the voice sounded angry or upset. Instead, the voice was certain and inflexible. It was hard to imagine persuading it to change its mind.

And only one fairy had that air of utter assurance. Standing in the room suddenly was a dark-haired fairy with a golden ornament marking him as the fairies' leader: Kunzite.

"You have failed to fulfill this wish properly two times," he warns Nephrite. "If you fail a third time, you will have to return to fairy school." There is no room for argument in his tone; he is simply telling Nephrite what the future will hold.