“The Cleanser?” While it almost killed him, Divers allowed himself to live. To speak too. After all, was any of this so unexpected? Except perhaps the fact Lyon had just given the entire game away? Yes. Perhaps that was unexpected.
To give into the urge to run his tongue over his suddenly calcified lips was to show the alarm coating them. “That’s a very serious allegation. Even for a man like you. You better be sure you can back it up. Even my own man here, will tell you, it’s a lie. As for being an exciseman, any man here who believes—“
“I don’t need proof.” Lyon raised his pistol. “A man like me? Are you being ridiculous? A man like me just has to say. And no-one questions it. Not even these men here.”
“Well, I’m questioning it because if you’re basing it on her say so, her say so, is lies. It’s all she knows. All she’s capable of. She’s a snake. Believe me, if anyone knows that, it’s me.”