"I found you, didn't I?" Dib mentioned gently, and then smiled a bit. So he was dead. Good riddance. "He's gone now. What he did to you was atrocious, and even if he shows up from beyond the dust, there's more than one person around who will make sure that he won't hurt you or anyone else. The lady we work for, she's been hunting him since before any of us were born. If he shows up in this world, she'll get rid of him. If she doesn't, the hunters will. If they don't, I will." He had a dark, serious tone to his voice. "Ferb and I will see to it that he will never, ever find you. You're safe here. You'll always be safe."
He slowly moved his hand out to her. "I'll even shake on it."