Wednesday looked at him with amusement and something else - irritation perhaps. Or pride. 'Why don't you argue?' asked Wednesday. 'Why don't you exclaim that it's all impossible? Why the hell do you just do what I say and take it all so fucking calmly?'
'Because you're not paying me to ask questions' said Shadow. And then he said, realizing the truth as the words came out of his mouth, 'Anyway, nothing's really surprised me since Laura.'
'Since she came back from the dead?'
'Since I learned she was screwing Ribbie. That one hurt. Everything else just sits on the surface.'