Good, his head moves. That's a start. And he's curious and engaging with their surrounding a bit more, which is nice. Skulduggery can always use more curiosity in his life.

"Exactly. There's no end to it." It makes him wonder what would've happened, should someone have rowed off the island somehow? Assuming their collar didn't kill the, would they simply swim to the opposite side of the island?

He hasn't been out here nearly so long as Max, but he's also noticed the lack of life. "That lines up with what I've seen. The trees aren't really alive, either. They're not even really trees. Just... reproductions of the idea of a forest."