Skulduggery laughed. "If there's one thing they have in quantity here," he said, "it's ink. You've seen all of the paper lanterns. I'll assume black or white, unless you've decided to experiment with colour in the past few minutes."

The scalpel would be easy enough to find, especially if China could refine it further, and the Metalworkers would probably be able to sell Skulduggery a small, quality lens. He did so love when plans formed themselves, however simple and ultimately unhelpful those plans turned out to be.