If Skulduggery didn't know any better, he'd think Solomon and the angels were trying to send Barney into some sort of catatonic state. It was a good thing the man had stopped taking things so seriously by now, or he really wouldn't have survived these last few minutes. Let alone the whole afternoon.
It was also a mark of just how long Ghastly and Skulduggery had known each other that even with one as a living skeleton, they were still able to exchange Looks - and frequently did. Ghastly just wasn't used to there being an actual face returning that Look. His involuntary start at the sight amused Skulduggery.
"I'm not a baby," Tanith muttered, a little too quietly for anyone but the people nearest her to hear.
"Ghastly and I are the same age," Skulduggery pointed out just before the tailor recovered. "We can't be on opposite sides of the spectrum. It doesn't work."
"And neither of you act like you're sixty-five million years old, anyway," Erskine finished. "I'd actually call Skulduggery the mature one of the relationship, and we're talking about a man who happily tricked an abusive baron into wearing his wife's clothes. Sacrificing the mission, I might add, just because he was bored."
"And the baron was evil," Skulduggery added quickly. "He reminded me far too much of Vengeous. His gullibility amused me."
Barney looked mildly like he was regretting asking to be told everything earlier, despite managing a laugh at the angels' antics. "Look, I'd much rather drive to the hospital, but after that... sure. Why not?"
"You might want to stop asking that so much," Erskine told him with a grin. "One of these days, it's going to get answered, but much too late for you to do anything about it."
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It was also a mark of just how long Ghastly and Skulduggery had known each other that even with one as a living skeleton, they were still able to exchange Looks - and frequently did. Ghastly just wasn't used to there being an actual face returning that Look. His involuntary start at the sight amused Skulduggery.
"I'm not a baby," Tanith muttered, a little too quietly for anyone but the people nearest her to hear.
"Ghastly and I are the same age," Skulduggery pointed out just before the tailor recovered. "We can't be on opposite sides of the spectrum. It doesn't work."
"And neither of you act like you're sixty-five million years old, anyway," Erskine finished. "I'd actually call Skulduggery the mature one of the relationship, and we're talking about a man who happily tricked an abusive baron into wearing his wife's clothes. Sacrificing the mission, I might add, just because he was bored."
"And the baron was evil," Skulduggery added quickly. "He reminded me far too much of Vengeous. His gullibility amused me."
Barney looked mildly like he was regretting asking to be told everything earlier, despite managing a laugh at the angels' antics. "Look, I'd much rather drive to the hospital, but after that... sure. Why not?"
"You might want to stop asking that so much," Erskine told him with a grin. "One of these days, it's going to get answered, but much too late for you to do anything about it."