"I spent most of the war tracking down Dark Others who used the fighting as a shield for their own treaty breaking." Katya at that point hadn't really cared where her targets came from - if they overstepped their bounds, they were hers.

She had been a very busy Watchman those years.

"The best one was the Czech Dark Other who came up as a soldier for Russia - he tried to stiff a Russian Dark Other who was working as a prostitute. Their fight took out power for an entire city block, including the Day Watch headquarters. We weren't sure if we should arrest them or give them medals."