Like Syrlya, Lambert lowers his voice, ducking his head close (though he has to mind his horns). "Strange might have it worse. The fae in Portland turned him on the Carnival completely..." Although they were trying to train him to resist that better, weren't they?

"You should ... you should look for the acquisitioner. He can get people places faster. He'll help." Childermass is important, but Lambert's reasons for considering him so are infinitely simpler than his utility in a fight. His fingers tighten on Syrlya's fingers, a flicker of that urgency coming closer to the surface again.

"He might have gotten caught up, too." Joke's on him, of course. Just this once, Childermass has the good fortune not to be affected by the magic of this place at all, because Lambert wasn't around to convince him to have a 'fun' time.