"Because - " Erskine didn't try to step out of the car just yet, because he was still sitting numbly and still trying to work out what just happened. "Because he's sorry?"
He wasn't angry. That was the weird thing. He felt like he should have been, because things were not that simple, they never had been, Skulduggery had murdered people, and if it was anyone else...
But it wasn't anyone else. And it wasn't that simple. Not really. Solomon was currently going through hell to try and get to where Skulduggery was, but Skulduggery had been through hell too. Just because none of the Dead Men realised it at the time didn't mean it didn't happen. Skulduggery was sorry, and that was why he worked so hard to make up for it. He was still falling short, but he knew that, and he'd never actually get anywhere if he didn't have people to help him out.
Erskine forced himself up and out of the cab, let any other thoughts sail by him, and breathed in the fresh harbour air. "I'm not paying for this, am I?"
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He wasn't angry. That was the weird thing. He felt like he should have been, because things were not that simple, they never had been, Skulduggery had murdered people, and if it was anyone else...
But it wasn't anyone else. And it wasn't that simple. Not really. Solomon was currently going through hell to try and get to where Skulduggery was, but Skulduggery had been through hell too. Just because none of the Dead Men realised it at the time didn't mean it didn't happen. Skulduggery was sorry, and that was why he worked so hard to make up for it. He was still falling short, but he knew that, and he'd never actually get anywhere if he didn't have people to help him out.
Erskine forced himself up and out of the cab, let any other thoughts sail by him, and breathed in the fresh harbour air. "I'm not paying for this, am I?"