Fair. She’s steady on her feet and considers what she speaks, though, which is definitely older than toddler.
(I vaguely remember her saying she’s nine, but even if she’s five or six, that’s still like twice toddler age.)

Probably the same one she was playing outside Snowqueen’s office after the PSC brawl.

Well I keep calling her a toddler so obviously I didn’t think she was 9

Yes they are cops. They’re police special forces, a level above Swat teams. Mustard absolutely does need that much authority to pull strings for Mcbell or for anyone.

I took “The clown did.” as more like, the concept broadly. if that’s not the case though, I’d guess Mustard

Sure, but the point of the distinction between the clown and the corps is that they don’t need to be cops for people like her to be given probationary positions to help them Stop Fucking Up.

Same as how cops don’t need to exist in their current form for society to function.

Pretty much this. No matter how we feel about this, McBell’s probably still gonna have to answer for her part in it all. Bout, especially, I think, will probably confront her at some point because it’s still his job and he’s on his own journey.

I don’t think it’s that rare, fans just ship whoever and that distorts the data.

Male/female friendships are impeded somewhat by general audiences expecting the most protagonisty dude and lady to hook up when the story’s over, but male/male and female/female friendships are common enough.