[He could have said that by virtue of being here, Hayley was capable of the same level of achievement she was currently scoffing at. He could have said someone obviously believed she had valuable things to offer, and that value had nothing to do with magic. There were many, many things Skulduggery could have said, but he didn't, and not just because he'd been told to get out. He'd never been very good at these sorts of conversations. Maybe that was why he'd taken to Valkyrie so quickly - when she lost confidence, it was usually only a matter of confidence, and those sorts of personality quirks were easy to fix.]
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Alright.
[And he's gone.]