Then she could feel emotion, but didn't have nearly enough experience to know what to do with it. Or, perhaps, too much experience in the opposite direction. Skulduggery could relate to the situation, if not quite the scale - but it didn't negate what Valdis had tried to do on those cliffs. She'd earned the opportunity to take a turn asking questions, but she hadn't earned any trust. Not from Skulduggery. Not yet.

He shrugged in response. "Promise you won't try to kill the whole of Keeliai again, and I'll answer whatever you want."