"It's a different situation," Childermass shakes himself out of glowering at the court in general for a moment, glancing over in Beau's direction. "The Ringmaster is alive but in a very dangerous spot right now, with someone who is an enemy and has a way of influencing minds. With Ignatius, she never truly considered him an enemy. Aside from keeping him from burning us all to death, his decisions were all his own."

For better or worse and, uh, save for the weird Creation thing. That's a trickier discussion and not one he's going to bring up.