[When they landed in the backyard Kratos took the utensils from Skulduggery and took a few samples of the soil right there. He didn't follow Skulduggery in right away, but had a look at the ground, and then surveyed the meadows leading out behind the house, judging visibility.

[Hm. No. Inside would be best; surely Skulduggery, being a skeleton, didn't use all the rooms in his house. Kratos went inside, walking through the rooms to find one that was empty, and big enough to take a warp-pad.

[Yes; this empty bedroom would do. The window faced the meadows, and with the curtains pulled it should suffice. Kratos put down the utensils on the bureau outside and reached for the wingpack to bring out the parts of the warp, putting it together with a casual ease of familiarity. The final piece was crystal -- not an exsphere; just a regulator -- which he slotted into one of the seams. The warp-pad lit up with a glow; Kratos stepped through it back to Derris-Kharlan to hand off the utensils.

[Then Kratos returned to Skulduggery's house and left the room to find the skeleton to ask whether he minded having a couple of angelic guards in the house.]

Skulduggery.