Skulduggery adjusts that very hat while he waits for the metaphorical smoke to clear. If he hadn't already been used to terrified reactions from his own world, he'd be more than used to them by now, what with all the video responses to his initial exploration of the network.

Valkyrie had been twelve at the time and she'd outright fainted. This Japanese child doesn't seem to be much older than she was.

"Are you alright back there?" Skulduggery asks after a moment, peering around Quintus's shell. Quintus, for his part, merely makes the mental equivalent of an amused snort. It's not helpful in the least.