[ Lambert briefly, vividly fantasizes about how much easier life would be if he could knock himself out for the rest of his contract and not have to answer stupid questions. ]
No. [ He says tersely, and then realizes there probably needs to be some clarification in case Steven gets the wrong idea and says something to Childermass and then Childermass comes around to yell at him for giving Steven the wrong idea (unfair, in Lambert's opinion, since he's clearly capable of coming up with the wrong idea on his own. ] We never were.
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No. [ He says tersely, and then realizes there probably needs to be some clarification in case Steven gets the wrong idea and says something to Childermass and then Childermass comes around to yell at him for giving Steven the wrong idea (unfair, in Lambert's opinion, since he's clearly capable of coming up with the wrong idea on his own. ] We never were.