"Hm," Childermass puts ever so eloquently, not that he leaves it at just going 'hm, wonderful', of course. "If that's the case, you may wish to give our guest a more comfortable setting to arrive into."

He looks around them, at the uneven stone floors and the craggy-faced dome of the chamber they're in.

"Because were it me, I would see a prison cell full of enemies."