[Dimitri preens a little. He is not immune to validation, and while Skulduggery isn't exactly an authority figure, he's the adult in the room, and definitely the person here who knows the most about what's going on.]

I'm not the one to ask when it comes to magic. It's commonplace in my world, but ... [He grimaces.] I'm quite useless at it. Disastrously so. But if the Captain's been as forthcoming as you say, it might not hurt to confront him. [ ... he says, only for Darcy's addition to catch him off-guard.] Could he wipe our memories?

[He doesn't get to follow that thought very far. He catches Darcy's yawn, burying it behind his wrist. He's leaning more heavily on his lampstand than he was; without it, he'd probably be wobbling.]