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He laughed and was about to retort when she grabbed his collar and pulled him into her. She clamped her lips around his mouth and mashed her face into his. He took a step back in surprise and she went with him, stepping in a patch of wet floor. Her legs went out from under her and flailed as she fell, whacking him in the throat on the way down. She looked up at him as he gagged and coughed, and from across the corridor she could hear Tanith laughing hysterically. "I think I need practice, " Valkyrie muttered.Derek Landy
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I wasn't always who I am now. No one ever is. I've spent my entire lifetime becoming who I am. Finally, I'm here and I'm old. It's depressing, it really is.Derek Landy
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Skul-man! ' he exclaimed as he rushed forward to shake his hand. 'Last I heard you were trapped on a dead world overrun by evil trans-dimensional superfiends! ' Skulduggery nodded. 'Just got back.Derek Landy
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My wife was saying to me just the other day how she's noticed a spring in my step lately. That was because I thought you were gone forever.' 'I missed you too, Thurid.Derek Landy
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He liked murder. Murder and long walks had been two of his favorite things when he was younger.Derek Landy
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I've always been a monster, ' Scapegrace told her, 'but now, finally, my physical for reflects my inner darkness.'' You smell terrible.'' That's the smell of evil.'' It's like rancid meat and bad eggs.'' Evil, " Scapegrace insisted.Derek Landy