Gabriel probably meant the comment as a joke, but Valkyrie flinched at the idea of telling Kenspeckle they'd been reckless. She was never completely comfortable watching two of her closest friends fighting, no matter how many times she had to see it. She'd been hoping Kenspeckle would forego picking a fight this time because of the recent rescue, and while he sort of had, it still hadn't been fun. "Let's not do that," she suggested quickly.

"How does that work, by the way?" Skulduggery asked the Archangel. "Can you hear the prayers of everyone in this reality now? Or are we just special?"

"I think we're special," Valkyrie said with a frown.

"Well, that goes without saying. I'd just like to know if this is another reason."

The conversation wasn't totally lost on Fletcher, but it was Gabriel's question that startled him out of his thoughts. "It made sense," he claimed, even though it really didn't. "I just don't see how it applies to me. I have control. I only ended up inside a wall once, and that was years ago and it was because someone distracted me. I'm fine now."