"Quite possibly." Anton hadn't spoken to Skulduggery overly much, for all that they were good friends; there hadn't been much of a need. It hadn't occurred to him that differing timelines might be a factor, but he couldn't say it was a surprise.

"That is so," he said. "Magic from my and Skulduggery's world settles in a person upon their age of majority. Mine settled long ago, before I knew there was such a thing as a language of magic. When I later discovered it, it seemed the most practical way to create a building with the features I required. The research took a great deal of time."