“Hey, Dom, there’s a saying where I come from,” he said. “‘Don’t open your mouth lest the Devil is listening.’ See this guy?” He pointed at a man wearing a longcoat not unlike his own — aside from the hood that left his face in shadow — who was headed toward the table. “That’s my partner, the Librarian, and things are gonna become a hell lot weirder when he’ll join the conversation. Hell, it’s already weird — he likes people and noise less than I like missing commas!”