[Mystery?]

Khannie nods in reply to Zebe's question. "There's a little building with lock-boxes in it. I keep the keys for them and keep everyone's special things safe there."

A beat.

"...but no one ever really gives me anything. I kind of wonder what the point is?" she wonders aloud. "It might just be something for humans like you when you come to our world, since humans always go on adventures and find precious things that have to be kept safe. That's what all the stories say."

And then comes Kate's question barrage!

Khannie's ears droop. "I... umm... I don't know?"

She sure doesn't.

She hasn't ever really thought much about how things work in the village. That's just the way things have always been.