The only person in the room showing even the vaguest hint of annoyance, or any sort of feeling born from discomfort or dread, was Solomon. And Skulduggery could understand that, given how Solomon was conversing with Descry at the time. A soul-reader against a mind-reader. Who knew what sort of battles were going on in the metascape, or how bright Descry's soul would be. Did it help, now that he was only a soul? Did it help now that he couldn't lose himself in others anymore?
But Solomon was the only one. Oh, there was a tense atmosphere, and that was very clear in the way everyone interacted. But a tense atmosphere was only to be expected. It was the least of what should be happening. If there wasn't a tense atmosphere, Skulduggery would have been seriously questioning everyone's sanity.
No one was going into this with a smile on their face. But no one, not even Anton, was still trying to find another way out.
Valkyrie's phone beeped in her lap, startling her to her feet before she realised what it was and sheepishly checked the message. "My parents are almost here," she said. "Fletcher, could you...?"
"What?" He smiled. "Save you a short walk outside? Aren't you the one who keeps telling me how lazy I am?"
"It's not being lazy when I'm doing it," she teased back.
"Well, alright, then." He looked directly at Skulduggery. "Be right back."
Come to think of it, Fletcher was the only one who came back while they were in the Church of the Faceless Ones. Skulduggery didn't blame any of the others, not for a second, but it did say a great deal about Fletcher - even before Gabe started changing him for the better. Fletcher Renn may, in fact, have been the first Teleporter not to be a coward.
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But Solomon was the only one. Oh, there was a tense atmosphere, and that was very clear in the way everyone interacted. But a tense atmosphere was only to be expected. It was the least of what should be happening. If there wasn't a tense atmosphere, Skulduggery would have been seriously questioning everyone's sanity.
No one was going into this with a smile on their face. But no one, not even Anton, was still trying to find another way out.
Valkyrie's phone beeped in her lap, startling her to her feet before she realised what it was and sheepishly checked the message. "My parents are almost here," she said. "Fletcher, could you...?"
"What?" He smiled. "Save you a short walk outside? Aren't you the one who keeps telling me how lazy I am?"
"It's not being lazy when I'm doing it," she teased back.
"Well, alright, then." He looked directly at Skulduggery. "Be right back."
Come to think of it, Fletcher was the only one who came back while they were in the Church of the Faceless Ones. Skulduggery didn't blame any of the others, not for a second, but it did say a great deal about Fletcher - even before Gabe started changing him for the better. Fletcher Renn may, in fact, have been the first Teleporter not to be a coward.