Lambert thinks about that mental picture for a moment, and can't help barking a laugh in response, because ... what else do you do about traumatic experiences but laugh at them once they're over?

"Nice hit. Didn't see it coming, did you?" Imagining bony, flashy Joker throwing down like a street thug is hysterical, honestly. Not that it's all that impressive to hit Childermass in the first place, but from a certain perspective you had to admire how cleanly Joker would have had to land one to do that to his face. "The doctor and the head cook didn't give us as much trouble. Warden was a different story, though."

Said with super casualness. No big deal, happens all the time.