"Yes, you are," Charlie agreed with that last statement, paternal fondness colouring his tone.
"Yeah, Mysteries. Finn, you haven't been here long enough to understand the intricacies of situation between us and them. I need to explain some things that you need to know about that. We're kind of at war with them. Them grabbing Fred wasn't because of her being one of our people, but it was their shit luck that she was and we could get her back. You've probably seen the reports on their attempts to break in here, and Dudley shot one of their men at Mathwall when they came after our camp there. Mircea here put the fear of dog into them too." Charlie gestured at the dog.
"But for all that, what we did was an off-books operation. Has to be, for your safety and Fred's."