"Singled out?" Ava questions, because with that phrasing sounds more to it than simply being ignored. "Had you done something to offend him?"

But if the Captain has strictly chosen to shut her out, then she'll respect that choice by further avoiding sharing any details about him.

She gives a sort of unhappy shrug at Skulduggery labelling her as... unsuccessful, trying not to be so discouraged. She'll figure it out. "You caught somebody else's magic?" Ava sounds wary. "Is that something you do? Absorb from others?" Is that what she's trying to do with her project? Collect everyone else's magic as her own?

"Start what with them?" The mention of Maximilien has her guard further up. She's rather defensive over her best friend.