Rosy surveys the line of children less than a year younger than her. "Law-abiding just means they haven't been caught," she says, lips pressed together in a straight line. "Yet." Because apparently the formidable duo of Stoker and Ayers is the only thing that's going to keep the Honorable House of Ribbonfin from descending into lawlessness.

"If this job gets us into trouble, how's your right hook?" She might be joking. It's not clear.