[He nods.] If you'd prefer to think of it that way, then yes. I can control hydrogen and oxygen, but only when they're combined in very specific manners. The same goes for air; I manipulate each component, but only when they're mixed to form the air that we breathe. [He hesitates.] Well, the air that some of us breathe, anyway.

[The mention of Korra intrigues him, even as it makes him chuckle.] A great sign of power? [In 'Korra's' world, perhaps. In his, it's nothing more than a sign of patience and willingness to work.] You wouldn't happen to know where Korra lives?

[And this is the second time Temeraire's asked, which makes the motive behind the words transparent. Not least because it's the only ever motive behind the words. Still, the amusement rings in Skulduggery's words.] Both. The ability to wield magic is genetic, or at least inherent. We have known sorcerers to be born to non-sorcerer parents. But the path you choose to take is where the teaching comes in, especially with Elementalism.