"That's what happens when people are allowed to choose whatever name they'd like to represent themselves. Mr. Bliss was a complicated man but he did good in the end. And Mr. Evil is entirely made up." Haha. He's still got it. (Usually, he'd let the prank go on, but... well. Right now, he sort of needs reality to be as 1:1 as possible.)
"Oh. Well. Never mind, I suppose." He wouldn't want to be connected to his Bently because he died in it. That would be horrible. Also, it would likely be a complete wreck and he wouldn't be able to bear seeing it like that again.
"I don't want to be comforted," Skulduggery says after a beat of silence. "I want to be distracted. I want to not think about the ship or the captain or the last eleven months, for at least long enough that the memories have time to settle. For me to... readjust." Which sounds so stupid when he says it. He hasn't gone anywhere. Nothing's happened to him, aside from the change in his skull.
China's humming turns to The Man In The Looking Glass. Skulduggery tilts his head away from the audience, so as not to watch her.
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"Oh. Well. Never mind, I suppose." He wouldn't want to be connected to his Bently because he died in it. That would be horrible. Also, it would likely be a complete wreck and he wouldn't be able to bear seeing it like that again.
"I don't want to be comforted," Skulduggery says after a beat of silence. "I want to be distracted. I want to not think about the ship or the captain or the last eleven months, for at least long enough that the memories have time to settle. For me to... readjust." Which sounds so stupid when he says it. He hasn't gone anywhere. Nothing's happened to him, aside from the change in his skull.
China's humming turns to The Man In The Looking Glass. Skulduggery tilts his head away from the audience, so as not to watch her.