He puts down his pen at this, resigned to being questioned when he was trying to work, and looks up at Childermass. Must he do everything himself? It seems he must.

"Well is it not obvious?" he prompts, "they cannot kill Circle Midnight witches or the Night Council will investigate them, and myself as well! No, they should drive any witches from the territory still alive. Fae, it does not matter. The fae have taken territory from us in blood and I will happily drive them out likewise."