"Are you kidding? I love to talk about myself." Boastful but still managing to be self-aware of it: that's Skulduggery's whole deal. "Although sometimes I think you might be teasing me, instead of indulging in my enormous ego."

The only thing he loves more than himself is a good mystery, and he can't resist picking at the ghosts. "Even if they couldn't fight back, having some way to communicate with them would help. Who knows what they might be able to tell us?"