"Ahhhh, Captain America." He doesn't know anything about anyone, but Ava has definitely mentioned that name to him before. From the way he repeats it now, it's clear he thinks the name is absolutely stupid. (Of course there's a Captain America, he'd said, and he still stands by it. Silly heroic patriotism at its... finest?)
He doesn't interrupt otherwise. The fact that his reality has magic after all is a fun surprise, and the sorcerer's name even sounds par for the course in Skulduggery's own reality. Interesting. He'd love to know more about the magical system in Steven's universe (HAH), but it's clearly not Steven (or Ava's) expertise. That's fine. Maybe he'll get lucky, and Stephen-with-a-PH will show up to help out.
It's the end bit that gets him, for obvious reasons. Steven says "turned people to dust" and Skulduggery immediately conjures up the memory of the Scepter of the Ancients, a tool that'd been used for that exact purpose. He approaches his next question with more tact than he normally would, simply for the fact that he's seen that happen first-hand.
"I'm sorry to hear that. If you don't mind me asking, how did it happen?" The out is there, of course, if Steven's anxiety proves to be too much; he can always go to Ava with any extra questions he has.
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He doesn't interrupt otherwise. The fact that his reality has magic after all is a fun surprise, and the sorcerer's name even sounds par for the course in Skulduggery's own reality. Interesting. He'd love to know more about the magical system in Steven's universe (HAH), but it's clearly not Steven (or Ava's) expertise. That's fine. Maybe he'll get lucky, and Stephen-with-a-PH will show up to help out.
It's the end bit that gets him, for obvious reasons. Steven says "turned people to dust" and Skulduggery immediately conjures up the memory of the Scepter of the Ancients, a tool that'd been used for that exact purpose. He approaches his next question with more tact than he normally would, simply for the fact that he's seen that happen first-hand.
"I'm sorry to hear that. If you don't mind me asking, how did it happen?" The out is there, of course, if Steven's anxiety proves to be too much; he can always go to Ava with any extra questions he has.