[Several things interest Skulduggery about the conversation before it even starts. The first is that Kratos and all the other angels apparently use telepathy as a matter of course, since there's no visible cue that Yuan Ka-Fai has contacted Derris-Kharlan. The second is that Yuan, who presumably hasn't left Aselia, has contacted Derris-Kharlan. Not just long-range communications, but long-range communications over light years. When Kratos first touched down, Skulduggery had wondered if time travel was at work. Now, he's fairly sure the angels' technology exceeds Earth's. By a lot.
Yuan, when his face appears, even looks vaguely Chinese in conjunction with his name. Skulduggery's head tilts in his customary indication of surprise when the language Yuan speaks sounds much more like Irish than it does Chinese. Irish syllables, Irish cadence, combining to form words Skulduggery's never heard before in his life and can't decipher.
It's also, if he's not mistaken, different from both the languages Kratos has used thus far.
Skulduggery doesn't move except to straighten his head and say, in a very amused tone:] Now that's the proper reaction. See that, Kratos? That's someone who's never met a friendly skeleton before.
[And here Skulduggery was beginning to think Kratos encompassed all glittering-wing-state angels.]
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Yuan, when his face appears, even looks vaguely Chinese in conjunction with his name. Skulduggery's head tilts in his customary indication of surprise when the language Yuan speaks sounds much more like Irish than it does Chinese. Irish syllables, Irish cadence, combining to form words Skulduggery's never heard before in his life and can't decipher.
It's also, if he's not mistaken, different from both the languages Kratos has used thus far.
Skulduggery doesn't move except to straighten his head and say, in a very amused tone:] Now that's the proper reaction. See that, Kratos? That's someone who's never met a friendly skeleton before.
[And here Skulduggery was beginning to think Kratos encompassed all glittering-wing-state angels.]