Evil ones. Okay, sure. Rita knew her share of power-hungry freaks, but ‘evil’ always seemed like a bit of an oversimplification.

Skulduggery’s next question was an odd one. The dubious look on Rita’s face made it clear that she thought as much. But, after some consideration, she decided to answer, as she was curious as to where this was going.

“At most, we have some magic-related treatments for conditions that would otherwise be untreatable. For example... some people have had their hearts replaced with blastia after sustaining would-be fatal injuries.” It was far from a perfect solution, but she supposed it was better than dying. “If you’re talking about things like invulnerability, invincibility, or necromancy, then no, we don’t have anything like that.”