"A manticore." Jim blinked, and then he laughed, shaking his head. "That beats my experience. I went by the other day to meet people, figure out where everything was, and make sure people knew my face in case an emergency rose up. I didn't meet anyone who could summon anything or any spiritual... whatevers and certainly not any damn manticores."

He looked over at his friend, with a clear you are not gonna believe this expression on his face. "I did meet a guy--Winchester--who taught me how to make holy water with a rosary and an incantation. He swears it's one of the best things for running off vampires and demons. Vampires and demons, Bones. Thing of it was, he wasn't using it for that. He was watering tobacco on the grounds of the guild hall with it. 'Holy Smokes', or something like that, I don't even know if he's legitimate or not. I guess we'll find out if I ever meet any of these vampires or demons."