"You can say it sounds like a faerie tale all you want, Ivy. You wouldn't even be wrong. A lot of the Nevernever is ruled by one Faerie court or the other." And the rest was somewhere in between, or some creature's demesne.

"Yeah, actually." He adjusted his hat to a dramatic angle. "Warden Dresden, at your service, ma'am." Because joking about it was a lot easier than going in to the horrible situation that led to his being deputized, or the fact that he caused it. This was supposed to be a party.