She smiles and nods, at his offer for guardians. "No, thank you, though. As I border three other realms, and am fairly near the heart of Faerie, I doubt any force of evil would dare strike here, where reprisal would be swift and merciless. That, and I have a few tricks of my own," she says, gesturing towards the lake, which, after a few moments, he realizes isn't a lake, at all, but an absolutely massive water elemental. While it's barely sentient, currently, and would take a while to get moving, it would, undoubtedly, be a nigh-unstoppable force to be reckoned with. "Individually, my children are weak. United, they can rouse a force enough to ensure nothing would threaten my home."