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At the story’s beginning, Saint is a slight, awkward girl who struggles to make friends. She is different from the other children at Monta Clare and, despite her resilience and liveliness, mostly keeps to herself. Patch is the only person in Monta Clare who not only accepts her, but praises and validates her. This intense, early friendship sets the stage for Saint’s lifelong devotion to Patch. She is endlessly caring, always trying to do right by the people who love her, often to her own detriment. Patch’s friendship sustains her, and when he is taken, Saint shows for the first time just how far her determination and faith extend. When everyone else has given up the search for Patch and discounted Saint’s unending pursuit, she remains dedicated to him. Even after she saves his life and he returns without a glance in her direction, she pledges still to help him in any way she can, committing her entire career and life to aiding him in his search for Grace. 

Saint grows into a steadfast, intelligent woman and a fantastic cop, due to her ability to train her focus on a case and leave everything else behind. This ability, though it ultimately leads to the righting of many wrongs, is born of a lack of self-validation. Saint devotes her life to the well-being of others, more often than not demonstrating an utter disregard for her own happiness—a trait that she and Patch have in common. The only time she chooses herself over another person is when she pursues her career against her husband’s wishes, and even then this decision is made mostly in order to continue to help Patch in his search for Grace.

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