"I don't need to do anything," Skulduggery points out all-too-glibly, "I choose to worry about you. It's a completely different situation entirely." How? He refuses to elaborate.

"But I suppose if you've already worked things out with them, and it probably was funny..." Which it probably was... "Then I'll keep my hands out of it. Although I am a bit worried about Stede. He's been... jumpy since we got here. Personally, he should have stayed back until he was feeling better, but..." But there's no stopping that man from doing what he thinks he ought to.