Skulduggery smiles in response. "Impressive. Most of the time, it takes people a few minutes. Your friend Pepper didn't recognise me at all until I told her who I was."

To be fair, what he actually did was give her a very strong hint. Same thing, really.

The surprise and the doubletake make Skulduggery wonder what his usual disguises look like. Human, he knows that much, but something about them must ring incredibly false for his real appearance to be causing such a wide variety of reactions. The skin, or the eyes. The voice. He makes a note to ask someone about it the next time he gets an opportunity.

... An opportunity which might well not come, he has to admit. To himself, if not to others.