Ghastly's laughter was abrupt, but it wasn't anything other than genuine and surprised humour. "I knew more about magic than he did, but he's always been smarter than me. The problem with Skulduggery is that he always has to appear the smartest in the room, even if it means making things up as he goes along."
Which, granted, seemed to work for him a lot of the time. Some of Skulduggery's best-known cases were just results of pure luck, where he'd taken all the facts and turned around and tried the first thing that came to mind. He preferred simple plans, he always liked to say. Ghastly always thought Skulduggery just didn't have the patience for anything more complicated. It was a good thing the detective thought so quickly on his feet, or he'd never get anything done.
A moment later, Ghastly frowned. It didn't take a rocket scientist to know what Solomon was about to say. I thought he didn't care...
Skulduggery was very good at acting like he didn't. Solomon wasn't the only one to believe that was the case, nor was he the only one to abandon Skulduggery because of it. Even before Skul became an unreadable skeleton, he was dangerous and unpredictable and had far too good a poker face.
But even while they could never make up for lost time, the ex-Necromancer was forgetting one thing. "All Skulduggery ever wanted, Solomon," said Ghastly, "was for you to give up Necromancy. I don't know if you remember, but a few days ago, you did. He won't say this himself unless you ask, but he's proud of you right now."
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Which, granted, seemed to work for him a lot of the time. Some of Skulduggery's best-known cases were just results of pure luck, where he'd taken all the facts and turned around and tried the first thing that came to mind. He preferred simple plans, he always liked to say. Ghastly always thought Skulduggery just didn't have the patience for anything more complicated. It was a good thing the detective thought so quickly on his feet, or he'd never get anything done.
A moment later, Ghastly frowned. It didn't take a rocket scientist to know what Solomon was about to say. I thought he didn't care...
Skulduggery was very good at acting like he didn't. Solomon wasn't the only one to believe that was the case, nor was he the only one to abandon Skulduggery because of it. Even before Skul became an unreadable skeleton, he was dangerous and unpredictable and had far too good a poker face.
But even while they could never make up for lost time, the ex-Necromancer was forgetting one thing. "All Skulduggery ever wanted, Solomon," said Ghastly, "was for you to give up Necromancy. I don't know if you remember, but a few days ago, you did. He won't say this himself unless you ask, but he's proud of you right now."