Childermass is already putting it all together before the man even opens his mouth again to say that name. Lambert had clearly been upset by this story before and it only takes meeting the confused glance he gives them from around his father to realize who the boy is. Then the man strikes him and Childermass immediately steps forward, moving as though he's going to interefere.
And unless he's stopped, he likely will, story be damned all of the sudden. Funny how opinions change once reality settles, though he hadn't been working with all the pieces of the puzzle save for the witcher's seething from the very start. If it makes him a hypocrite, well, it's Childermass. He isn't like to care whether it does or not, not with how his face twists into a sour expression just from what they're seeing before them.
He's been there. He's been that kid. He can only hope this doesn't segue from one childhood misery into one of his own later on, though he suspects he would be less volatile about it...
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And unless he's stopped, he likely will, story be damned all of the sudden. Funny how opinions change once reality settles, though he hadn't been working with all the pieces of the puzzle save for the witcher's seething from the very start. If it makes him a hypocrite, well, it's Childermass. He isn't like to care whether it does or not, not with how his face twists into a sour expression just from what they're seeing before them.
He's been there. He's been that kid. He can only hope this doesn't segue from one childhood misery into one of his own later on, though he suspects he would be less volatile about it...