Depth Charge? And people thought the name 'Skulduggery Pleasant' was strange. Although, to be fair, no one he talked to here had said that yet. The closest had been Yomi, and she'd been talking about the definition of the word rather than the name.
Tears were brimming in the stranger's eyes, but the only reason Skulduggery took any special note of it was because his own eyes had watered that morning, and the man looked just as confused at his own tears as Skulduggery had felt when his vision blurred. Depth Charge had, apparently, been a close friend, and Skulduggery's assumption that he was one of the disappearances was looking more and more like the truth. He gave a short smile, abruptly cut off when he remembered Badd telling him how creepy his smiles looked. "I'm sorry."
The name 'Scarecrow,' in and of itself, didn't cause Skulduggery to raise any eyebrows - metaphorically speaking. He was used to weird names. They came with the package when you lived in a hidden subculture of people who chose their own names, with the unwritten rule of making them as bizarre as possible. No, what made Skulduggery pause as he shook Scarecrow's hand was the realization that Scarecrow's face and voice were very, very familiar.
"Skulduggery Pleasant," he responded slowly. The former skeleton's thoughts seemed to be moving in several directions at once, making it difficult to know what to pay attention to and what to ignore for the sake of carrying on a conversation. "Likewise. But from what I've seen, better circumstances are difficult to come by."
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Tears were brimming in the stranger's eyes, but the only reason Skulduggery took any special note of it was because his own eyes had watered that morning, and the man looked just as confused at his own tears as Skulduggery had felt when his vision blurred. Depth Charge had, apparently, been a close friend, and Skulduggery's assumption that he was one of the disappearances was looking more and more like the truth. He gave a short smile, abruptly cut off when he remembered Badd telling him how creepy his smiles looked. "I'm sorry."
The name 'Scarecrow,' in and of itself, didn't cause Skulduggery to raise any eyebrows - metaphorically speaking. He was used to weird names. They came with the package when you lived in a hidden subculture of people who chose their own names, with the unwritten rule of making them as bizarre as possible. No, what made Skulduggery pause as he shook Scarecrow's hand was the realization that Scarecrow's face and voice were very, very familiar.
"Skulduggery Pleasant," he responded slowly. The former skeleton's thoughts seemed to be moving in several directions at once, making it difficult to know what to pay attention to and what to ignore for the sake of carrying on a conversation. "Likewise. But from what I've seen, better circumstances are difficult to come by."