[Skulduggery looks silently down at the page for a moment before answering.] No.
[Wait.]
Yes. But no, not anymore. Not now.
[The passage of time makes it both easier to talk about, and not any easier at all.
There's something, though, about the way Kratos asks. The change in his tone -- the fact that he asked at all, even. Skulduggery wouldn't have thought angels had families in the traditional sense, but Kratos did specify human angel. Skulduggery doesn't need to know the details in order to make an educated guess.]
no subject
[Wait.]
Yes. But no, not anymore. Not now.
[The passage of time makes it both easier to talk about, and not any easier at all.
There's something, though, about the way Kratos asks. The change in his tone -- the fact that he asked at all, even. Skulduggery wouldn't have thought angels had families in the traditional sense, but Kratos did specify human angel. Skulduggery doesn't need to know the details in order to make an educated guess.]
What about you? Family?