Skulduggery didn't answer for a moment, if only because he was startled by Corrival being even more disparaging and downright malicious than he normally was. Startled, but not exactly surprised.
It was a reaction Skulduggery deserved in the middle of all this, anyway. He was distracted. He was distracted and asking questions that he already knew the answer to, and then almost trying to defend himself out loud before realising how pointless that would be. And not just pointless, either; it would become an unnecessary argument with his former general, right after his former general had just found out about Vile. Skulduggery didn't have a leg to stand on.
Valkyrie placed an encouraging hand on his shoulder as she passed him. She might have had something to say, as well, but contrary to how Skulduggery felt, she was actually being professional. Focused on the task at hand. Just like he'd taught her; just like he should be now. 80,000 people. Right now, they were all that mattered.
Skulduggery silently took up the rear of the group following Corrival towards the staircase. It wasn't a position he was used to, but it did offer him the chance to collect himself.
"How are we going to do this?" he heard Valkyrie ask from the front. "Can we really arrest Scarab in broad daylight with so many people around?"
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It was a reaction Skulduggery deserved in the middle of all this, anyway. He was distracted. He was distracted and asking questions that he already knew the answer to, and then almost trying to defend himself out loud before realising how pointless that would be. And not just pointless, either; it would become an unnecessary argument with his former general, right after his former general had just found out about Vile. Skulduggery didn't have a leg to stand on.
Valkyrie placed an encouraging hand on his shoulder as she passed him. She might have had something to say, as well, but contrary to how Skulduggery felt, she was actually being professional. Focused on the task at hand. Just like he'd taught her; just like he should be now. 80,000 people. Right now, they were all that mattered.
Skulduggery silently took up the rear of the group following Corrival towards the staircase. It wasn't a position he was used to, but it did offer him the chance to collect himself.
"How are we going to do this?" he heard Valkyrie ask from the front. "Can we really arrest Scarab in broad daylight with so many people around?"