"I don't need a bodyguard," she proclaims, but of course, the reality is that she does. Sookie is a very capable young woman, able to take care of herself, but is still bound by the limitations of what she is and what she doesn't yet know she's capable of. Telepathy and photokinetic powers will only get her so far.
"The people here - hell, the vampires, they don't know why me bein' a fairy is important. I smell good, but that's about it. They don't know what my blood could do for them - they don't even need it here when the sun's not even real!"