That's a simplistic way of putting it, but -- yes. No time.
[With anyone else, Skulduggery would assume the next question was a deliberate attempt to tease him. In Kratos's case, that could still be true, but if he's asking a genuine question using only the vocabulary he knows...]
I'm a detective. [With a beep, the Bentley's doors unlock.] I solve mysteries. Hm... people come to me for help, when they have a problem or when something bad happens. Sometimes, I manage to help them.
[Simplistic seems to be the order of the day.
The drive to Haggard isn't a long one, and Skulduggery could have made it in his sleep -- if he needed to sleep, which he doesn't. When they reach Haggard's small pier, Valkyrie's waiting for them on the edge of the beach. She's in one piece, doesn't look too badly injured. Only when Skulduggery confirms that for himself does some hidden part of him finally unwind with relief.]
There she is. Would you mind staying here? I need to ask her something, and she'll be more likely to answer without strangers around.
[Not that Skulduggery can blame her, if something really is going on with Caelan. Kratos might be able to understand the words by now, but just in case he can't, Skulduggery points to him, then down at the floor of the car, then at himself, then at Valkyrie. Quite like how he told Kratos to stay in the bookstore, far back at the beginning of the night.]
no subject
[With anyone else, Skulduggery would assume the next question was a deliberate attempt to tease him. In Kratos's case, that could still be true, but if he's asking a genuine question using only the vocabulary he knows...]
I'm a detective. [With a beep, the Bentley's doors unlock.] I solve mysteries. Hm... people come to me for help, when they have a problem or when something bad happens. Sometimes, I manage to help them.
[Simplistic seems to be the order of the day.
The drive to Haggard isn't a long one, and Skulduggery could have made it in his sleep -- if he needed to sleep, which he doesn't. When they reach Haggard's small pier, Valkyrie's waiting for them on the edge of the beach. She's in one piece, doesn't look too badly injured. Only when Skulduggery confirms that for himself does some hidden part of him finally unwind with relief.]
There she is. Would you mind staying here? I need to ask her something, and she'll be more likely to answer without strangers around.
[Not that Skulduggery can blame her, if something really is going on with Caelan. Kratos might be able to understand the words by now, but just in case he can't, Skulduggery points to him, then down at the floor of the car, then at himself, then at Valkyrie. Quite like how he told Kratos to stay in the bookstore, far back at the beginning of the night.]