"Maybe not from your point of view," Childermass disagrees. He rolls his eyes as Lambert turns to whine at the dog instead and Baker is way too sympathetic towards the man (he doesn't even understand what happened, but the witcher is giving him scritches, so of course he is).

Though even as Lambert fawns over Baker, the question he shoots back towards the magician has him pausing a moment and considering. How much does he know?

"That they're supposedly meant to help us adapt, at least according to the Ringmaster. Another worker suggested it might be an allergic reaction mortals have to faerie magic. Why?"