‘Valter and Editta,’ he said with a groan, ‘are human heaps of shit who don’t have the faintest fucking idea of the daughter they could have had if they’d pulled their heads out of their arses for half a minute. Let’s just assume the rest of their judgement is equally flawed, alright? I feel that’ll be more efficient than having to disprove every other bit of nonsense they decided to instil in you over the years.’

