Fridge / Small Favor

• Think back to the Three Billy Goats Gruff story. The Goats convinces the troll that they will get him something better to eat. In this story? Harry convinces the Gruff to get him something to eat. And considering every time one of his friends who isn’t in the know about the situation sees him with a donut, Harry only continues to prove his trolldom.
• The Denarians are down to six coins, all of whom have hosts already, so Harry assumes that Ivy and Marcone could not have been broken down into accepting a coin yet, or Nicodemus would have killed someone to free up a coin for them. But a potential host can be infected with the shadow of a Fallen by simply coming into direct contact with a coin, even if they are on their guard and resisting. And Cassius proved that a Denarian can expel their coin voluntarily, even if they have not felt remorse and have every intention of reclaiming it at the first opportunity. So one of the Denarian crew could have expelled their coin, picked it up and touched it to bare skin on both prisoners, and then reclaimed it, leaving them both with Shadows of the same Fallen inside their heads, whispering to them and tempting them....
  • This might not be done willingly, however, because someone touched with the Shadow of a Fallen has the ability to call the coin to them, which might not work out too well for the person already hosting that coin. Each of the surviving Denarians had been working with their partner Fallen for some time, and was unlikely to willingly give them up even if there had been another coin available to take up by the time theirs was called away.
• Molly took a look at Harry's mind. Bob was able to see pretty easily that Harry had little spots of damage all over his brain from when Lash took the psychic hit for him, directing the damage only to parts of his brain that she was occupying. So, did Molly see her mentor's brain was swiss cheesed? Or was she only looking at his mind, which thanks to Lash's sacrifice was still intact?
• It's never stated explicitly why the Hobbs showed up at the subway when they did. They are a raiding party, and one who arrived in force, which seems to be aimed at Ivy, Luccio, and Kincaid. Specifically though, these were Winter Fae, not interested in Harry, like the Gruffs, so why were they attacking Ivy's group? Mab sent them there because she had already guessed the Denarians' plan. Specifically, she had already guessed they were after bigger fish than Marcone. So, why send an attack party? Mab has repeatedly been described as the pragmatic type. If the Hobbs eliminate Ivy, then there's no way for the Denarians to corrupt her.
  • Not to mention that if she suspects the truth about the Archive's role in the Oblivion War - a war that, if Ivy's side wins, would erase all fairy-kind from existence - Mab could kill two birds with one stone here, eliminating an Archive when she's too young to have a potential successor yet.