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Had?  HAD long lives?  Hm...[@LadyRunic]
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There are very few alive that have lived longer than 10,000 years. It would be like being an old man and looking out at the world and with a handful of exceptions there's no one over thirty. It would feel as though you'd lived forever but you know none of them ever will.

I believe it is a comment on fae mortality rate proportionate to age rather than an insinuation that fae immortality is no longer on effect as that would sort of undermine the premise of the story and if it were true would either be common knowledge or not something Falk would let slip in casual conversation.