"That's a brilliant idea," Skulduggery nodded. "Valkyrie, I expect regular reports."
"Actually," she responded as the detective turned to follow Tanith and Ghastly, "I was kind of hoping Fletcher could take me home." She laughed nervously. "God, I was worried about acting normal with an Archangel in the country, and now I've seen a dinosaur. One of these days, my parents are just going to know that I'm hiding something."
Skulduggery cocked his head as he gave her a Look. She had no idea what this Look was for; his body language wasn't giving anything away this time. "In that case, you, Gabriel, and I need to talk alone first."
Valkyrie's stomach dropped as she instinctively hid her hands in her pockets again. "What? Why? Why can't Fletcher be here?"
"Well, he can be, but you might not want him to be."
"He knows, Skulduggery." Gabe and Skulduggery both already knew, somehow, so what was the point of hiding what she knew Skulduggery wanted to talk about? "They all know. It's not like I've tried to keep it a secret. Look, I just want to go home and be with my parents. Why can't I do that?"
"You don't get to choose when your intervention is," Skulduggery told her gently. "That defeats the whole purpose of the intervention. It was Wreath, wasn't it?"
"Yes," she answered defiantly. "It was. I needed the extra strength to rescue you. Are you going to tell me that was wrong?" She looked at Gabriel, trying her hardest to forget that he apparently sat at God's right hand when he wasn't dimension-hopping. "Are you? Because I'm sorry, but I don't regret that. I could have rescued Skulduggery on my own, and I was planning to."
"I'm..." Fletcher inched away, "... just going to go see if the others need any help with anything." Without waiting for a response, he Teleported back into the safehouse.
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"Actually," she responded as the detective turned to follow Tanith and Ghastly, "I was kind of hoping Fletcher could take me home." She laughed nervously. "God, I was worried about acting normal with an Archangel in the country, and now I've seen a dinosaur. One of these days, my parents are just going to know that I'm hiding something."
Skulduggery cocked his head as he gave her a Look. She had no idea what this Look was for; his body language wasn't giving anything away this time. "In that case, you, Gabriel, and I need to talk alone first."
Valkyrie's stomach dropped as she instinctively hid her hands in her pockets again. "What? Why? Why can't Fletcher be here?"
"Well, he can be, but you might not want him to be."
"He knows, Skulduggery." Gabe and Skulduggery both already knew, somehow, so what was the point of hiding what she knew Skulduggery wanted to talk about? "They all know. It's not like I've tried to keep it a secret. Look, I just want to go home and be with my parents. Why can't I do that?"
"You don't get to choose when your intervention is," Skulduggery told her gently. "That defeats the whole purpose of the intervention. It was Wreath, wasn't it?"
"Yes," she answered defiantly. "It was. I needed the extra strength to rescue you. Are you going to tell me that was wrong?" She looked at Gabriel, trying her hardest to forget that he apparently sat at God's right hand when he wasn't dimension-hopping. "Are you? Because I'm sorry, but I don't regret that. I could have rescued Skulduggery on my own, and I was planning to."
"I'm..." Fletcher inched away, "... just going to go see if the others need any help with anything." Without waiting for a response, he Teleported back into the safehouse.