"As well you should," Skulduggery agreed. "The world is one of the most fascinating places I know. To think there are people who would rather stay at home and knit." That was what people did when they stayed at home doing nothing, wasn't it? It was what Ghastly did, at any rate. Skulduggery had never asked Valkyrie if she could knit, but he assumed she did something when she wasn't at school or with him. And it was most likely knitting.

Skulduggery's moderately successful knots were beginning to litter the table in front of him. "I believe I have the hang of this," he said, examining them with eyes that were, for once, narrowed rather than wide and blank. Narrowed with what, though, was still difficult to determine. "What's next?"