[ And it still isn't, Childermass would argue, considering how it all played out. Still, he shrugs again and picks his own mug up, stepping a little to the side of the stove so he can lean against a part of the kitchen that isn't still way too hot. ]

I did and I don't think telling you earlier would have changed much. I would have still not found a way through the castle until the Hunt, we would have still lost all the wanderers. [ Because people would have still been stupid about it, information or not. ] Everyone else would have still been poisoned at breakfast. It's a miracle in itself that Syrlya could shake himself free enough to help in the end.