"Ask him." He shrugs. He suspects they're brothers or something similar, but he hasn't pried. One day, one of them will pry into his business more than they have already, and there a lot of things Louis wants to keep subtle. Louis suspects the same of Damian.

"I don't know about the fire. Hard to see with all the smoke and what with me bein' averse to dyin' in a barn fire. I arrived when the fire was roarin'. Tried to save what I could with Mr. Yegorovich--" That's his patronym and not used right, but Louis doesn't know that. "--who may just tell you to call him Vasiliy."