"The bunny can do a lot more than talk," Bunny put in, finally turning away from sentry duty to get a good look at the newcomers. "I'd wrap your head around it now if I were you, mate."

He sized the two new myths up without apparent surprise at either of their appearances. Shawn was the usual sort of human-shaped sassy, but Zac seemed adaptive in the way things that didn't automatically expect everything to be neat, normal, and human-shaped were. Good. The more people on this team already prepared to accept the unexpected, the better.

"Bunnymund. The Easter Bunny. And this is Jack Frost."

He hadn't spoken his title around any of the new myths before, and the translation magic that allowed them all to understand each other turned it into a reputation, as much as a title. The 'bunny' part had one obvious interpretation but the '-mund' at the end suggested many meanings, from many languages. The mouth, the hand of. Protection. Guardian. I overcome.

There was a whisper in it of "elevated," as if over a grave. Fitting, perhaps, for a myth attached to a holiday of spring and rebirth, but maybe there was more to that.

"I expect Katherine gave you the proper rundown. There's protection for you at the Pole, and the kids need your help if you're up for it."

If Katherine thought they deserved protection at the pole, her judgement was good enough for him.