Lavender's eyes' sharpened on his now. All she wanted was to speak with Octavius, just for a moment? But she knew Nicodemus' goal was to never let him come through again. He didn't want to return to where he belonged.
She swallowed at his words, knowing that she probably didn't want to know what it was that he did. "Don't be doing things to him, with him," she snapped back without much thought. "Can't you find someone else to take over? I'll help you find someone?" She could send him to Macnair and she wouldn't feel bad about it at all.