Skulduggery would have beaten the karaoke machine to death if it had tried anything funny with either of them. Honestly, the machine's likely just as happy they're leaving as Darcy is.

Skulduggery doesn't so much as slow his pace at her offhanded mention of being stabbed, but he makes no effort to hide his confusion. "You were stabbed? When did that happen?" He'd only been gone for... not even a day!