"Skulduggery encouraged me, after I found one of the books that an excursion was based on. I wanted to share with him a story that mattered to me, like the ones he works from clearly matter to him." It hesitates, then looks off to one side rather than at the back of her head. "You're nervous, when you discuss him. You're trying to slot him into your understanding. But what you hear is upsetting to you."