Skulduggery should be forever grateful that Max is so demoralized right now he doesn't dive across the table and start ripping him to pieces. This is an Omnic that has actually been in jail and been tortured, but he's never felt so much like he's lost until right now.
According to his internal clock he's been wearing it for 7 minutes and 32 seconds. At precisely the 10 minute mark he is going to take it off because that's the arbitrary time he's decided is enough for this bet. It's really longer than he should even give this because it's just so stupid.
They're both having an existential crisis on different ends of the spectrum here.
It is pretty telling for the future that clearly Max's reaction to trauma is to shut down, so that might be useful to know for no reason at all. Though he does manage to glare at Skulduggery. It doesn't have any of the heat behind it that his previous scowls did, partially because it's just not intimidating to wear nine Hawaiian shirts stitched together, but also because he's pretty sure this thing is sapping his energy.
"You're a terrible liar you know."
One minute. Tick tock.
Nope he's done now. Off it goes. He might even rip it in his haste to get it off before bunching it into a horribly patterned ball and putting it on the table.
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According to his internal clock he's been wearing it for 7 minutes and 32 seconds. At precisely the 10 minute mark he is going to take it off because that's the arbitrary time he's decided is enough for this bet. It's really longer than he should even give this because it's just so stupid.
They're both having an existential crisis on different ends of the spectrum here.
It is pretty telling for the future that clearly Max's reaction to trauma is to shut down, so that might be useful to know for no reason at all. Though he does manage to glare at Skulduggery. It doesn't have any of the heat behind it that his previous scowls did, partially because it's just not intimidating to wear nine Hawaiian shirts stitched together, but also because he's pretty sure this thing is sapping his energy.
"You're a terrible liar you know."
One minute. Tick tock.
Nope he's done now. Off it goes. He might even rip it in his haste to get it off before bunching it into a horribly patterned ball and putting it on the table.