Valkyrie Cain személy

“And what about magic?”
“What about it?”
“Will you teach me?”
“You don’t even know if you’re capable of doing magic.”
“How do I find out? Is there a test or something?”
“Yes, we cut off your head. If it grows back, you can do magic.”

He put on his hat and wrapped his scarf around his jaw, but did without the wig and the sunglasses. He clicked his key chain and the car beeped and the doors locked.
„That's it?”
He looked up. „Sorry?”
„Aren't you afraid it might get stolen? We're not exactly in a good part of town.”
„It's got a car alarm.”
„Don't you, like, cast a spell or something? To keep it safe?”
"No. It's a pretty good car alarm.”

“So that plan worked out well."

"Skulduggery, your entire plan consisted of, and I quote, "Let's get up close and then see what happens."'

„All the same,” he said, "I think the whole thing worked out rather beautifully.”

“Was it a test?” she asked. “I mean, I know I'm still new to this. I'm still the rookie. Did you hang back to test me, to see if I'd be able to handle it alone?”
“Well, kind of,” he said. “Actually, no, nothing like that. My shoelace was untied. That's why I was late. That's why you were alone.”
“I could have been killed because you were tying your SHOELACE?”
“An untied shoelace an be dangerous,” he said. “I could have tripped.”
She stared at him. A moment dragged by.
“I'm joking,” he said at last.
She relaxed. “Really?”
“Absolutely. I would never have tripped. I'm far too graceful”

“They might be kittens," she said hopefully.
„They're stalking us.”
„They might be shy.”
„I don't think it's kittens, Valkyrie.”
"Puppies, then?”