"So that Stede wouldn't try to do it himself and get fucked up worse."

It was a dumb idea, and she really wasn't a fan of being lectured on it again.

"I just- I had him. I saw how much being up in his face really fucked with that cunt, it was like I finally had him cornered, like I could make him do something he didn't want to. He said we always do it to each other, ehn? I could finally force his hand and make him do something for once. And-"

The shaky anger briefly poking from her voice might have sounded familiar, and there is a cruel edge to it for just a moment. But then it flattens again, as she is reminded once again of her failure. A weak heart, too easily cowed by the friendships she'd made here. It was the whole reason she'd sat with him to do karaoke instead of actually chasing up the difficult questions she had pressing on her mind about Skulduggery's situation.

"It was dumb and accomplished nothing. I know it was dumb. It's not like I'm going to do it again, okay? It was dumb."