Other stories tell how I eat innocent newborns, how Iโm ten feet tall, how I breathe fire and have great dragon wings. None of these are wholly accurate. I donโt have dragon wings, I donโt breathe fire, Iโm only eight feet tall and Iโve never eaten a newborn that didnโt have it coming. My name is Mevolent. Whatโs yours?
Derek LandyMum said earlier what a lovely dress youโre wearing.โ Berylโs eyebrows wriggled like two tiny tapeworms. โThis?โ she said. โBut Iโve had this for years.โ It was a beige dress that would have looked better on an eighty year-old. Any eighty-year-old, man or woman. โI think youโve really grown into it,โ Valkyrie said. โI always thought it was a little shapeless.โ Valkyrie resisted the urge to say that was what she meant.
Derek LandyIt's a very small object to be capable of doing many wonderful things, don't you think?" "It does much more that that," Valkyrie said, opening up a game and showing it to him. His eyes widened. "What wonder is this?" "It's called Angry Birds. Now do you believe me?
Derek Landy