Though it's not like Childermass can argue with being easily distracted right now. So, he won't disagree, but he will roll his eyes and then step away, making quite the point of removing his hand from Lambert's shoulder. He'll just have to manage his balance on his own from here on.
"It is not relevant, no. I only thought you might care to know they are missing." He does have some recollection of the man losing them in the card game, now that he's bothering to think about it at all. Right. That happened. "But if there is nothing left to investigate here, we may want to consider taking ourselves elsewhere."
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Though it's not like Childermass can argue with being easily distracted right now. So, he won't disagree, but he will roll his eyes and then step away, making quite the point of removing his hand from Lambert's shoulder. He'll just have to manage his balance on his own from here on.
"It is not relevant, no. I only thought you might care to know they are missing." He does have some recollection of the man losing them in the card game, now that he's bothering to think about it at all. Right. That happened. "But if there is nothing left to investigate here, we may want to consider taking ourselves elsewhere."