There was absolutely everything about this situation that Guild didn't need to hear about. The thought made Skulduggery chuckle. He debated briefly whether to tell Gabe about the cause of Tanith's laughter last night, and then decided not to embarrass the girl any more than she already was.

"Don't mention it." You'd do the same for any of us seemed a tad redundant at this point. With his hand back in his own possession, Skulduggery stood up and took over an armchair a few feet away, sinking cross-legged down into it. "If you need a drink, there's some holy water in the kitchen just down the hall." It was strangely freeing, being able to Teleport two heavy barrels in front of a mortal with no repercussions other than the amusing kind. "Otherwise, we need to talk."

His tone hadn't grown serious, exactly, but it did lose some of the earlier humour his eyes were still twinkling with.