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"I'd like to think that," she agrees. Most of the powered types who arrive in Darrow seem to be mostly peaceable, or at least willing to restrain themselves in the face of having nowhere else to go. On dark nights, it occurs to her to worry about what might happen if a day ever comes that someone with a less retiring nature ends up here. Those nights usually end with her drifting off to sleep with the vow that she'll do whatever it takes to keep people safe, the same as she's trying to now.

Aggie takes Greta's hand and lets them both retreat further into the safety of the house. "The wards should hold." She wants to say that they will hold, but tonight doesn't feel like the night for stubborn, blind optimism. Not when, only a few miles away, she has every reason not to feel optimistic about people at all.