Skulduggery doesn't really understand what happens; one second he's in yet another death spiral with a doomed alien survivalist, and the next he's falling through the ceiling of the deck below. Thankfully, his suit is intact here, so crashing into the floor doesn't completely daze him, but his hat is unfortunately just a sunhat, and so he does actually thwack his face pretty heavily into the ground.

"God damn it, this is my face!" he bellows, aiming an elbow at her to get her to let go. "I didn't get anything wrong!"