"You should read more fairytales. Plenty of terrible things in them."

Terrible is just part of Fables life. Frequently, Bigby is the terrible that happens.

"Not much else to say, is there? He's-" Bigby's only friend. "A guy who crashes my place far too often. He hates where he lives, up at the Farm, so he comes to stay with me. Nicks my smokes and whiskey."