A quiet laugh from Raine. "Skulduggery may be many things, but 'open about his emotions' is certainly not one of them," she said, matching Solomon's dryness. But he had asked after her well-being, and this-- she understood that, in his way, he was trying to look out for them.

"It's blue." A moment as she studied the tie again, looking for the best comparison to draw, and ignored the way it made her heart ache a little for him. This was the way things would have to be, now. "...I'd say it was the color of an adulocia's scales, but I doubt that's a creature you've encountered. Hm. Perhaps an evening sky. On the darker side, but not unrelieved."