"In some respects. They're as much allies as enemies - enemy of the enemy is my friend, and all that," he elaborates with a shrug. "I've made myself a resource, which is all I wanted to be."

Some of the hunters (well, one of them, and Sam couldn't even rightly be called a hunter though he was an integral part of the group) insisted on treating him as more than a tactical consultant.

"Suffice it to say I've found myself in much worse situations."