[It's quite a bit more complicated than that, Skulduggery concludes. Kratos can, if the simplicity of the language isn't clouding the explanation, turn his feelings on and off at will. The others can't. Possibly they should be able to, but Kratos's student, Mithos, interfered.
Maybe Kratos is only hoping time will bring their emotions back. Maybe he knows for sure, or he's seen it before. Maybe he's taking them into space to keep them away from Mithos, or maybe he didn't think anything on his planet would provide enough experience to help. Without the ability to express more complicated concepts, Skulduggery can't know.
That's all right. He can wait. Right now, Skulduggery knows all he needs to.
The vision, however -- Cassandra's vision of Darquesse, shown to Skulduggery and Valkyrie through the steam in the basement of her cottage. Cities levelled. Large-scale destruction. At the time, Skulduggery couldn't think of anyone remotely capable, but now he has to wonder. Kratos could probably destroy a city on his own. If one of the angels had only gotten some of their emotions back...]
Kratos, do you know someone named Darquesse?
['Named', 'Darquesse', and Skulduggery's tone of voice indicating a serious question should be enough.]
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Maybe Kratos is only hoping time will bring their emotions back. Maybe he knows for sure, or he's seen it before. Maybe he's taking them into space to keep them away from Mithos, or maybe he didn't think anything on his planet would provide enough experience to help. Without the ability to express more complicated concepts, Skulduggery can't know.
That's all right. He can wait. Right now, Skulduggery knows all he needs to.
The vision, however -- Cassandra's vision of Darquesse, shown to Skulduggery and Valkyrie through the steam in the basement of her cottage. Cities levelled. Large-scale destruction. At the time, Skulduggery couldn't think of anyone remotely capable, but now he has to wonder. Kratos could probably destroy a city on his own. If one of the angels had only gotten some of their emotions back...]
Kratos, do you know someone named Darquesse?
['Named', 'Darquesse', and Skulduggery's tone of voice indicating a serious question should be enough.]