[Kratos's smile is very nearly a smirk, and he beckons Skulduggery as he steps toward the door. The book, the most useful so far, is tucked into the back of Kratos's belt so he can't lose it, in case he needs it later. Or possibly not -- in space, he'll need to use telepathy, most likely. Skulduggery may need it, then.
[He moves out the door, glancing over his shoulder to ensure that Skulduggery is following. Out the door, around the side of the house -- where they'll be hidden from the road, with only a flat spread of meadow beside them. Kratos walks a short distance further and then stops. Blue fragmented light blooms from his back and shoulders, tendrils of a gossamer flower which extends all around him, though not quite to touching the ground. They look fragile, but aren't; and they aren't his wings at their greatest, either. He still doesn't know what sort of detection technology they have here, and he shouldn't need anything more than his wings at their most passive to get out of the atmosphere.
[In vacuum he'll need to extend himself more -- but not yet.
[When Kratos turns, in the darkness and with the way the light works on this planet, he looks as though he is wearing a halo. It draws some of the colour from his hair so that it looks redder than it is. He holds out his hand.]
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[Kratos's smile is very nearly a smirk, and he beckons Skulduggery as he steps toward the door. The book, the most useful so far, is tucked into the back of Kratos's belt so he can't lose it, in case he needs it later. Or possibly not -- in space, he'll need to use telepathy, most likely. Skulduggery may need it, then.
[He moves out the door, glancing over his shoulder to ensure that Skulduggery is following. Out the door, around the side of the house -- where they'll be hidden from the road, with only a flat spread of meadow beside them. Kratos walks a short distance further and then stops. Blue fragmented light blooms from his back and shoulders, tendrils of a gossamer flower which extends all around him, though not quite to touching the ground. They look fragile, but aren't; and they aren't his wings at their greatest, either. He still doesn't know what sort of detection technology they have here, and he shouldn't need anything more than his wings at their most passive to get out of the atmosphere.
[In vacuum he'll need to extend himself more -- but not yet.
[When Kratos turns, in the darkness and with the way the light works on this planet, he looks as though he is wearing a halo. It draws some of the colour from his hair so that it looks redder than it is. He holds out his hand.]
You. Derris-Kharlan.
[It's an offer.]