Given that he's normally the one to talk everyone else's ear off, this is actually a nice change of pace! Most people are rather reticent when it comes to their home realities, either out of politeness or some personal trauma, and so it's nice to not have to pull teeth here. Steven is like a personal, interactive podcast for Skulduggery's hike, and he's not going to complain.

"The only name I recognized throughout all of that was Thor." He's still a year out from Siri being a thing, and the only Avengers he's heard of have been picks out of Ava's book of names. "And he's an alien in your reality. Which makes sense, if Asgard is a planet. And aliens attacked New York. Okay." That last one seems oddly reasonable, actually. Where else would aliens attack? London? "Assuming I've got all that right, I would be thrilled to learn about who Thanos is."