Both Lothar Hex and The Patterner were represented in court by Lothar's hat with a pair of googly eyes. How did the Patterner get Lothar's hat? It was his first hat that got incinerated by Morth's dragons so it was in the immaterium.
Leyanna is a wasp, not a bee. Why? Because wasps are naturally aggressive and violent and will attack for no reason. And guess what Leyanna's personality is?
Eastwood's mentioned times where a woman's boyfriend or whatever attacked him. Given what Eastwood can do, if more by virtues of his job than skills, those guys were likely later executed on his orders.
They're so a guy can stop that kind of situation without having to jury-rig anything.