No wonder Gabriel trusted Skulduggery so much. The detective was sort of the embodiment of free will.
Valkyrie couldn't even begin to imagine what the life of an angel was like, or what disobeying someone for the first time in... what, thousands of years?... might do to them. And Falling, of course, was just a story. Just... angels were just stories, but one was standing here in front of her, and she believed him, and that terrified her. The fact that he was talking so evenly about Lucifer and God having wagers didn't exactly help.
But now she at least understood the earlier outburst. China's magic relied on eradicating the free will of other people. It was a new gift for the Archangel, and he didn't want to lose it - the same way Valkyrie didn't want to lose Skulduggery or her newfound powers. She could understand that, at least. She could also see why Skulduggery had been so calm, and why he answered the way he did. Valkyrie didn't even know how the two met, but she could already see how they were bringing out the best in each other.
China had observed that once about her and Skulduggery. Was this what other people used to see in them? Valkyrie felt another pang of jealousy, but quickly shoved it down. This was not the time for it.
"So..." Valkyrie struggled to find the right words as Skulduggery silently led the way into the garage. "If you don't actually choose him, does that mean you're automatically going to Heaven?"
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Valkyrie couldn't even begin to imagine what the life of an angel was like, or what disobeying someone for the first time in... what, thousands of years?... might do to them. And Falling, of course, was just a story. Just... angels were just stories, but one was standing here in front of her, and she believed him, and that terrified her. The fact that he was talking so evenly about Lucifer and God having wagers didn't exactly help.
But now she at least understood the earlier outburst. China's magic relied on eradicating the free will of other people. It was a new gift for the Archangel, and he didn't want to lose it - the same way Valkyrie didn't want to lose Skulduggery or her newfound powers. She could understand that, at least. She could also see why Skulduggery had been so calm, and why he answered the way he did. Valkyrie didn't even know how the two met, but she could already see how they were bringing out the best in each other.
China had observed that once about her and Skulduggery. Was this what other people used to see in them? Valkyrie felt another pang of jealousy, but quickly shoved it down. This was not the time for it.
"So..." Valkyrie struggled to find the right words as Skulduggery silently led the way into the garage. "If you don't actually choose him, does that mean you're automatically going to Heaven?"