Well. If Fletcher's tendency to boast would diminish, then anything was worth a shot.
Gabe was precisely the type of person to worry about each individual's feelings. That just wasn't something Skulduggery did. It wasn't that the detective considered it unimportant, or didn't give the matter any thought whatsoever. He just believed that feelings were something each individual had to overcome on their own. If they needed help, they would ask for it. And when Skulduggery was in the middle of an investigation, the grieving and sorrow of important witnesses who were total strangers to him tended to get in the way.
But, yes, Gabe did have a point. "I see." Skulduggery pulled open the door again to step out into the hall. "Fair enough. I'll talk to Ghastly myself once we - oh, no." His face fell as Tanith's laughter became audible, and then her face as she was once again doubled over and leaning on the wall for support. To make the sight even more disturbing, Valkyrie was also there, and doing the exact same thing. Skulduggery was almost afraid to ask, but ask he did. "What did we do this time?"
"When I find out, you'll be the first to know," Ghastly assured him as Fletcher gave a helpless shrug.
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The brief pause also wasn't lost on China. She studied Solomon carefully, trying to determine if he was telling the truth, or trying to purposely mislead her for some unfathomable reason. But no, it appeared he really had seen Gabe's 'true form.' Skulduggery really was taking intimidation to new heights, wasn't he? But maybe there was more to it than China had privy to.
"Guardians, perhaps," she agreed with a nod. "But they have a long history of not directly interfering, if I remember correctly. And that's if they exist at all, of course. In a world like ours, one can't discount the possibility of beings from another dimensions merely as powerful as angels are purported to be, without being divine. You should know that better than anyone, Solomon. You saw the Faceless Ones last year. Did they seem like our gods to you?"
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Gabe was precisely the type of person to worry about each individual's feelings. That just wasn't something Skulduggery did. It wasn't that the detective considered it unimportant, or didn't give the matter any thought whatsoever. He just believed that feelings were something each individual had to overcome on their own. If they needed help, they would ask for it. And when Skulduggery was in the middle of an investigation, the grieving and sorrow of important witnesses who were total strangers to him tended to get in the way.
But, yes, Gabe did have a point. "I see." Skulduggery pulled open the door again to step out into the hall. "Fair enough. I'll talk to Ghastly myself once we - oh, no." His face fell as Tanith's laughter became audible, and then her face as she was once again doubled over and leaning on the wall for support. To make the sight even more disturbing, Valkyrie was also there, and doing the exact same thing. Skulduggery was almost afraid to ask, but ask he did. "What did we do this time?"
"When I find out, you'll be the first to know," Ghastly assured him as Fletcher gave a helpless shrug.
~~
The brief pause also wasn't lost on China. She studied Solomon carefully, trying to determine if he was telling the truth, or trying to purposely mislead her for some unfathomable reason. But no, it appeared he really had seen Gabe's 'true form.' Skulduggery really was taking intimidation to new heights, wasn't he? But maybe there was more to it than China had privy to.
"Guardians, perhaps," she agreed with a nod. "But they have a long history of not directly interfering, if I remember correctly. And that's if they exist at all, of course. In a world like ours, one can't discount the possibility of beings from another dimensions merely as powerful as angels are purported to be, without being divine. You should know that better than anyone, Solomon. You saw the Faceless Ones last year. Did they seem like our gods to you?"