Bakura would definitely agree that asking Skulduggery would generate more questions than answers, even though he thought the detective had at least gotten a bit better, recently. Still, Bakura had asked him why he'd taken on guardianship of Gene, and gotten his answer, which explained a lot.

"Don't lose whatever it is, hebnay," Bakura said, with a quiet almost-smile, rolling his water bottle between his hands. "Even if you have to chase it down."