[A bookstore. Is Kratos a reader, or is he hoping the books inside will help him learn how to communicate? Probably the latter, and it's not a bad idea.]
OK. We can't browse for long, but --
[He stops again. Did he have the foresight to leave his usual disguise in the car? Hopefully.]
Tell you what.
[Skulduggery pulls out his wallet and counts out the cash he has left. Enough for three or four books, maybe, provided the books aren't large hardcovers. Kratos seems smart enough to work it out, at any rate, so Skulduggery hands him the cash.]
Go ahead and spend it all at once. I'll be back.
[To illustrate the point, Skulduggery points at himself, then his collarbone, then the car park down the street. Then he points at Kratos, holds up a finger in an echo of his earlier sign for wait, and points at the store.]
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OK. We can't browse for long, but --
[He stops again. Did he have the foresight to leave his usual disguise in the car? Hopefully.]
Tell you what.
[Skulduggery pulls out his wallet and counts out the cash he has left. Enough for three or four books, maybe, provided the books aren't large hardcovers. Kratos seems smart enough to work it out, at any rate, so Skulduggery hands him the cash.]
Go ahead and spend it all at once. I'll be back.
[To illustrate the point, Skulduggery points at himself, then his collarbone, then the car park down the street. Then he points at Kratos, holds up a finger in an echo of his earlier sign for wait, and points at the store.]
Understand?