Stick a golden-blonde wig on him and he might as well have been Glinda, for all his well-meaning and platitudes. 'Please don't do anything rash', indeed.

"I'll do what I must to protect myself," she told him then, chin high. "People will learn quickly enough." It wasn't that she wanted to start off in an adversarial position, but it seemed to be the role that came naturally to her, and she was tired of fighting it.