[That, Valkyrie decides, is definitely a sorcerer's name. Not that she's very surprised. Skulduggery doesn't drive just anyone around without his full disguise on.] Nice to meet you. I'm Valkyrie Cain. Where are you from?

[Skulduggery, meanwhile, is looking at Kratos with his skull tilted in surprise, for the umpteenth time in so many hours.]

You can do that?

[Valkyrie looks between them, puzzled.] Do what? Be polite? That's pretty standard.