"I don't know," Lambert says tightly. "He's introduced himself by a lot of names to different people, apparently." Though John and Childermass have been the most consistent, and it just ... feels right, clicking into place in a way that John Uskglass hadn't.

As Rita goes around to prepare for her spell, Lambert's going to take the opportunity to see if there's any hope of moving some of the trash into the overflowing bin ... but when he hears what Yuya says next, he slams the trashcan shut a bit too forcefully. Of all the ...

"That would require him to see them as human," he snaps. "He's had John bound to his service for a year now. Apparently he's been having him play housemaid and stalk his wife."