Erskine shook his head and sat back. And that, he decided silently, is probably how Skulduggery and Gabriel are doing it.
He couldn't.. quite believe he'd just had that thought. Suddenly, Erskine was grateful for not having an in-depth knowledge of souls. It meant he couldn't even try to imagine how metaphysical intimacy worked. Just the idea that it existed was enough for him, thank you very much.
Souls have gravity, Wreath had said. Souls that were released upon death. And Skulduggery was dead. And Gabriel, technically, never lived. Did that mean -
No. No, it didn't. Erskine had to violently snap himself out of it; he stopped barely short of physically slapping himself.
"Oh, get a room, you two," he murmured, managing a grin. "Go nibble and fondle somewhere else. In summary, we could possibly save Bliss's soul, but most likely at the expense of the Cleavers, and we won't know for sure until we talk to either Gabe or Merlin. How would we explain it, if that's what we ended up doing? A lot of people are going to want to know why we got rid of one of the Sanctuary's greatest assets."
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Erskine shook his head and sat back. And that, he decided silently, is probably how Skulduggery and Gabriel are doing it.
He couldn't.. quite believe he'd just had that thought. Suddenly, Erskine was grateful for not having an in-depth knowledge of souls. It meant he couldn't even try to imagine how metaphysical intimacy worked. Just the idea that it existed was enough for him, thank you very much.
Souls have gravity, Wreath had said. Souls that were released upon death. And Skulduggery was dead. And Gabriel, technically, never lived. Did that mean -
No. No, it didn't. Erskine had to violently snap himself out of it; he stopped barely short of physically slapping himself.
"Oh, get a room, you two," he murmured, managing a grin. "Go nibble and fondle somewhere else. In summary, we could possibly save Bliss's soul, but most likely at the expense of the Cleavers, and we won't know for sure until we talk to either Gabe or Merlin. How would we explain it, if that's what we ended up doing? A lot of people are going to want to know why we got rid of one of the Sanctuary's greatest assets."