"It's entirely relative between realities, which is the really annoying part." He's had several conversations now with Jade about this very topic, but he bets Ava wouldn't be interested in the curious way magical systems seem to coexist here on the ship. "Suffice it to say, the captain is a magician, and I am a sorcerer." She'll let her decide which one is the better one based on that information alone.

She is a thief, and a spy, which makes her interest in privacy a bit funny. Skulduggery can't help but chuckle. "To be fair to her, she hadn't any reason to assume I would be upset with it. I... received a package from the sundries shop, one I didn't intend to show anyone. Unfortunately, I only had one place to hide it, and..." He lifts a hand in a vague "what can you do" sort of wave. "She found it."