Oh, he's naturally grumpy, [ Strange can't help but add, with a little smile. Childermass, not being grumpy? That's something that isn't going to happen. The man was always some shade of dour or grumpy or cross. ]

And no, you're right. I've a feeling that any other information I get from Childermass will have to be given on his own terms.

[ Which means that he's never getting that information as long as he's at the carnival. At least Strange has resigned himself to that fact. ]