Skulduggery lifts a hand and wiggles his fingers. "Well, he's got us. The most permanently captive audience in all of eternity."

Not that they're paying any attention to what the captain's doing. But he's going to make an effort not to be a downer for at least a little bit. "I don't know. I feel a man with complete disregard for innocent life is generally ill-suited for godhood." He chuckles. "I probably wouldn't be so opposed to the idea if it didn't involve the slow degradation of my soul."