If any of the ankle-biters actually get close enough to try biting ankles, Katherines slams the heavy end of the mic stand into their heads until they're considerably more friendly, following Snow and Harry as preternaturally quickly as is otherwise advisable and leaving quite the smashed, gory trail in their wake.
"So these metal stair things up the sides of buildings, are they very secure? I assume they're easier to climb than trees, of course, but I do hope they're as stable."