"Yes," the Fairy king said, "the stars in our sky are the same as yours. Our realm parallels your world, not any others."
"Then, graceful majesty," the astronomer said, "I ask permission to build an observatory in your realm."
"Why?"
"It is hard to see past our own lights."
"Ah."
@MicroSFF "also Starlink satalites pass by without our knowledge or consent and fuck up our entire data"
@engravecavedave It was thinking about starlink that inspired this story, but I figured the astronomer would have problems explaining that to the fairy court.