North put a meaty hand on Jackie’s shoulder and looked up at the moon with her. “You know, there was a time before I was a Guardian, yes,” he said wistfully. “I started as normal person, too. Then Manny called me. Back then I didn’t think I would be good enough, you see. There was a different Guardian then who reigned over midwinter. He was called ‘The Holly King’. A long time ago that was, I can tell you.” He paused for a moment to study the moon as he often did. It Seemed to North that Manny looked exactly the same as he had that night nearly 1,700 years ago.<br/><br/>Tooth flew over and landed on the other side of Jackie. “I think what he’s is trying to say is… sometimes we are needed to do things that we don’t think we’d be good at – or even understand. But we are still needed.”<br/><br/>“No, actually, that is not what I am saying,” North corrected the Fey in his Russian accent. “But thank you for trying to help. What I am trying to say is… well… yes I guess you are right, Tooth,” Santa added, back-tracking.<br/><br/>Tooth reached out a hand to shake. “Welcome to the team. Do you like helping kids? Because there is a lot of work to do out there. Just in teeth alone.”