Which means it's his turn to grab Lambert by the arm and keep him from taking more than that half a step. Childermass knows they're as outmatched as the witcher does and it's despair-inducing at this point, not that he'll ever show it.

"Though our pink-haired fellow has the right of it." For Shima's sake, he won't throw his actual name around at horrible faerie people. He turns back to frowning at the Count. "Unless you're planning on simply killing us all at the end of this for the Ringmaster's crimes or doing the same as the rest and taking us away by force, there is no reason to keep us here."