Skulduggery couldn't argue with that. He hadn't been nearly as graceful as usual last night, even taking into account that he wasn't in complete control of his body just yet; hunger was weakening him too much. At the very least, Skulduggery knew he needed to drink something. Now it was just a matter of the detective being impractically stubborn, and that never led to good places, hypocritical or otherwise.
Skulduggery sighed. "Yes, I should. Would you mind explaining how to swallow?" Two people had tried by that point and neither of them had been particularly helpful - not that Skulduggery could blame them. It would be like trying to explain how a skeleton felt pain. "I realize it's fairly straightforward, but anything would help. Anything apart from 'it just happens.' That's becoming quite wearisome."
He saw the rosary in the brief second of the pen being pulled off the shirt, but he didn't comment on it just yet. His attention was taken up with watching the man draw, but the resulting butterfly shape - nice and detailed, fortunately - wasn't ringing any bells. "You never know," Skulduggery murmured as he picked up the napkin to examine it. "Landel could be taking all of his technology from other realities. Someone here might recognize it."
After another few moments, Skulduggery folded up the napkin and put it in his pocket, looking back up at Gabe. "Now then. You're not religious, but you make and use rosaries like only the most devout I've ever met, and you believe in God. You look very young, but you don't speak or act your age. If I wasn't a very good detective, I would say you're hiding something." A good detective didn't need to say what they knew to be fact.
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Skulduggery sighed. "Yes, I should. Would you mind explaining how to swallow?" Two people had tried by that point and neither of them had been particularly helpful - not that Skulduggery could blame them. It would be like trying to explain how a skeleton felt pain. "I realize it's fairly straightforward, but anything would help. Anything apart from 'it just happens.' That's becoming quite wearisome."
He saw the rosary in the brief second of the pen being pulled off the shirt, but he didn't comment on it just yet. His attention was taken up with watching the man draw, but the resulting butterfly shape - nice and detailed, fortunately - wasn't ringing any bells. "You never know," Skulduggery murmured as he picked up the napkin to examine it. "Landel could be taking all of his technology from other realities. Someone here might recognize it."
After another few moments, Skulduggery folded up the napkin and put it in his pocket, looking back up at Gabe. "Now then. You're not religious, but you make and use rosaries like only the most devout I've ever met, and you believe in God. You look very young, but you don't speak or act your age. If I wasn't a very good detective, I would say you're hiding something." A good detective didn't need to say what they knew to be fact.