I donโt need you sensitive, Skulduggery. I need you aloof and irresponsible and arrogant. Thatโs why I love you. Thatโs why I let you hang out with me.โ โIโm truly blessed.โ She grinned. โYou love me, too. Once you admit it, everything will be better.โ โTheyโre about to hook up the Cube to the Accelerator,โ he said, and turned and walked off. She followed. โYou canโt run from your feelings.โ โI can walk from them.
Derek LandyValkyrie dialed Skulduggery's number and he picked up. 'Hey,' she said, 'It's me.' Skulduggery paused. 'No it's not. If it were me, then I'd be talking to myself, and I don't do that any more. I certainly don't RING myself. That's one of the first signs of madness, and if it's not, it should be.' She sighed. 'Are you finished talking nonsense?' 'I haven't talked nonsense all morning. I miss it.
Derek LandyThis is stolen? We're in a stolen jet?" "Not stolen," said Donegan Bane from the co-pilot's seat. "Almost stolen," Grascious corrected. "Semi-stolen," said Donegan. "Quasi stolen," said Grascious. Aurora's frown did not turn upside down. "So is it stolen or not?" Donegan and Grascious hesitated. "Yes,"they both said toghether.
Derek Landy