"I hope you don't mind." China stepped back from the desk to admire her handiwork - or rather, the lack of it. Sigils, once completed, tended to snap into their intended use right away and disappear from the unaided eye. They didn't always, of course, but China knew each and every secret of the magical language. She knew how to make her symbols bow to her very whim, never mind her command. So it was that the one she'd just completed vanished from the desk moments before the door opened, snapping nicely into place with a soft hum. "I grew bored waiting for you, and voice-activated technology is so cumbersome." She straightened up and nodded toward them both. "I expect to be paid for this, of course. Hello, Dexter."

His presence here didn't surprise her in the least. Skulduggery had a way of gravitating people towards him when he most needed them. It was what made him such an efficient leader during the war, and it certainly wasn't doing him any ill now. He'd managed to attract an Archangel, of all things.

Likewise, China took Vex's comments about her appearance in stride. At least he was remarking openly about it; the honesty was refreshing. Ironically so, perhaps, but it was refreshing nevertheless. "The world knows," she told him with a smile. "You probably never will. How is the traveling going?"