The kedan may not have been especially friendly with the Foreigners anymore, but Skulduggery still knew how to get information from them without saying a word. He could tell when something was rattling them, when a Foreigner was making themselves a little too much of a nuisance, or - most importantly, but not completely unrelatedly - when the cultists were beginning to make a push on gang territory. That meant Skulduggery kept a close eye on the man who was rattling the gang kedan from the moment he entered the Metal Sector, and when it looked like said man might actually try engaging some of the cultists, Skulduggery decided it might be a good idea for him to step in.

Which he did, approaching the no-doubt newly arrived man without making a sound and tapping him on the shoulder. "I wouldn't do that if I were you."