Skulduggery Pleasant Shorts

"Random Is Good"

Skulduggery walked into of the room and Valkyrie stared.

"What do you think?" he asked, smiling. Yes, smiling.

"Woah," she said. She walked over to him and looked him up and down.

Skin. Muscles. Flesh. Muscles. Eyes. Ears. Muscles. Bones – hidden by the afore mentioned. And no façade this time either.

Once. Twice. Three ti-

"Are you going to keep doing that?"

"Sorry." She stepped back, kept her eyes on his. They were grey. He had a strong jaw, the same as before. High cheekbones, again the same. He had dark hair, almost the same shade as hers, and his skin was pale Olive toned. "Was this you?"

"No," Skulduggery replied.

"No?"

"No. It wouldn't be... It isn't me anymore. It's difficult to explain, I-"

"I get it," she said quietly. "Yeah, I know. Any inspiration or...?"

"Nothing. I told Nye to make it random. Entirely his-"

"It's."

"Entirely it's choice. So...?"

"Random is good."

"So you like it?"

Valkyrie looked at him. "Random is good," she repeated.