As Shadow passed it he noticed that the newsreader was grinning and winking at him. When he was sure that no one was looking in his direction he gave the set the finger.

“Soon,” said the crackling voice of the flame, coming from behind him, “they wil…”

“If it's true that every seven years each cell in your body dies and is replaced…”

“Fuck you," said Czernobog. "Fuck you and fuck your mother and fuck the fucking …”

“Islington smiled superciliously. “Lucifer?” It said. “Lucifer was an idiot. It …”