You left out the Sandman. He and Tooth were the first two.

[Okay, as little as he wants to add to Santa's reputation, he should be accurate.]

All right, Sandy, Tooth, and North became the first three Guardians all together, but Sandy and Tooth were putting their work in even before North started leaving gifts instead of taking them. And then we picked up Jack Frost just a tic ago.

[It was a couple years prior, but the years seem so short to him. It occurs to him he glossed over his own addition to the group, that he could have just said he and the others were the original four, but York has put him on a path of reminiscing.]

Ah, yeah, I've seen you around. Good to put a name to a pair of eyes. [He narrows his own, assessing, taking his time - maybe a little more than necessary, just to see how long York will put up with it.]

That's a good shade of color. Like the sky right before dawn changes it from blue, reflected in a lake on a still morning.

[Hey, he knows color! It's one of his things.]

Y'ever felt the kinda peace you can only get in a place like that?