Phil has hopped over to investigate this preponderance of daemons. She flits about under feet and dodging Robbie's weak attempts at corralling her. There is very much a sense that Robbie is treating Phil like Wilt Chamberlain or the Blob (you can't stop them; you can only try to contain them).

Finally, Phil squares off facing the Terrible Terror. She looks the small dragon up-and-down slowly. "I can take her."

"Absolutely not, you're a rabbit. That's a dragon." Robbie will intervene if necessary.

"I'm no ordinary rabbit!! I'm the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on," shouts the rabbit that looks like: