"Nah, Katherine's a good friend. A real stand-up little Sheila. If she asks you for anything, it might just be your story, and that's only if you want to tell it to her when there's time. We're seeking help from a friend, not bartering favors with an ally. We'd protect her even if she couldn't help us out."

She used to be a kid. She used to be their kid, in a way, though she's mythkind now.

"Honestly, I'm surprised she wasn't picked as a Guardian before all of you."

She was competent, had Guardian experience, was from this world, cared about children - why Manny would place his faith in strangers before her was a genuine mystery to Bunny.

As glad as he was to have an excuse to see an old friend, he still looked skeptically at Jack in a way that suggested he'd lost an argument, but wasn't ready to give up on it yet. "I still don't see why you think the sleigh can get us all around better than my tunnels."