There was nothing quite as depressing and frustrating as your own body failing you. Jack had a body far stronger than any fairy his level. In fact, he could confidently say that he probably had the strongest body of any living fairy in the universe. Yet today, it had failed him, and was reduced to a trembling mess.
Once, Lex had been supremely impressed by the versatility of the fairies powers. They had far surpassed what Lex had available to him as a human. Yet in exchange for such an amazing power, fairies lacked the extreme adaptability of humans, which is also one of the reasons Jack hadn't been able to grow as strong as Lex.
The fact that the fairy race was cursed was an entirely separate issue that wasn't even being considered in this equation.
