[Damn. Oh well. It's still a possibility to consider, and Kratos might be able to help once they've done something more permanent about the language barrier.
... And some of the angels, it seems, have regained their curiosity ahead of the curve.
Skulduggery can't understand anything being said, but he doesn't have to. The gist of the conversation's obvious. Skulduggery doesn't begrudge the angel the mistaken belief that he's an object that can be taken apart -- he is a skeleton, after all -- but that doesn't mean he has to like it. He'd take a step back if he didn't think that would only pique more of her interest.]
You might want to teach them a sense of right and wrong before you get much further.
[It's half amusement, half mock offence.
Hearing Kratos's native tongue has made Skulduggery realise something else. When Kratos speaks English, he has an Irish accent, unsullied by anything else he speaks. It's less like he's learning a second language, and more like he's a child learning to speak for the first time. Is that another angelic trait?
Come to think of it, how long have they been out here? Skulduggery's lost all track of time without being able to see how close the sun is to rising. He instinctively pulls out his mobile to check, but the phone doesn't turn on. Figures. Either the vacuum of space damaged it, or it's run out of battery trying hopelessly to find a signal.
He could ask Kratos, but Kratos's standard of time would be based on a planet Skulduggery's never seen.]
no subject
... And some of the angels, it seems, have regained their curiosity ahead of the curve.
Skulduggery can't understand anything being said, but he doesn't have to. The gist of the conversation's obvious. Skulduggery doesn't begrudge the angel the mistaken belief that he's an object that can be taken apart -- he is a skeleton, after all -- but that doesn't mean he has to like it. He'd take a step back if he didn't think that would only pique more of her interest.]
You might want to teach them a sense of right and wrong before you get much further.
[It's half amusement, half mock offence.
Hearing Kratos's native tongue has made Skulduggery realise something else. When Kratos speaks English, he has an Irish accent, unsullied by anything else he speaks. It's less like he's learning a second language, and more like he's a child learning to speak for the first time. Is that another angelic trait?
Come to think of it, how long have they been out here? Skulduggery's lost all track of time without being able to see how close the sun is to rising. He instinctively pulls out his mobile to check, but the phone doesn't turn on. Figures. Either the vacuum of space damaged it, or it's run out of battery trying hopelessly to find a signal.
He could ask Kratos, but Kratos's standard of time would be based on a planet Skulduggery's never seen.]