"Considering how badly I wish to visit it again, I'm sure I'll figure it out," Childermass admits, for once, to someone who isn't Lambert. He is awfully attached to his stupid dog from those islands, so he suspects it isn't a surprise, anyhow. The rest that the Ringmaster has to say, however, gives him pause.

He gives her a curious look, trying to sort out what she might mean on his own first before having a guess at it with, "Do you mean staying in the Wyldlands?"