"It's just as difficult to save it if you destroy it in the process," Skulduggery replied evenly. He wasn't trying to prod an argument, and his tone reflected that. It was simply a subject he wanted to remind Wreath of as often as possible, in the hopes that eventually the warnings would stick. He didn't hold out much hope, but Wreath hadn't done anything irksome since Skulduggery first gave him the
benefit of the doubt, and that, at least, was something.

Still, he could have done without the history lesson.

Skulduggery was much slower to answer Wreath's second deliberate prod, but when he did, his voice was just as even as it was before. "Yes. It is a pity. I'm sorry, Wreath, but you've lost me. If the Temple wasn't trying to help him to safety, what were you doing outside the entrance ushering him in? Or was that just an unfortunate coincidence?"