. "Wet wings"@en . "Fairy wings tend to soak up water and become weighted down. On land, this prevents fairies from flying; in water, it can drown them. Even water-talent fairies cannot swim. The Wing-washing-talent fairies wash the fairies wings to clean them when they are dirty. However, non-wing-washing-talents may wash a friends wings as a means of apology or saying thank you."@en . "Fairy wings tend to soak up water and become weighted down. On land, this prevents fairies from flying; in water, it can drown them. Even water-talent fairies cannot swim. The Wing-washing-talent fairies wash the fairies wings to clean them when they are dirty. However, non-wing-washing-talents may wash a friends wings as a means of apology or saying thank you."@en .