"Oh, for God's sake..."

"It is quite a sight."

"But it's bright blue."

"It's still a sight. I never specified that it's such a pleasant sight."

Valkyrie had to agree. The new car was bright, shiny blue. On almost anything else it might have been a pretty color, except maybe on a bigger car. Skulduggery strode towards his latest acquisition with absolutely no expression on his fake face. They'd had to buy a new car after he decided the others were too colorful to remain unnoticed, and Valkyrie had tagged along to try to persuade him not to buy such an outlandish car, but her efforts had only stopped him from buying a bright, flaming red, but only because she pointed out that it wouldn't have been very inconspicuous anyway.

Skulduggery handed over a fistful of money, talking to the guy who sold them the car, and returned. Valkyrie glanced at the car, then looked at Skulduggery skeptically. He shrugged, offering no further response. They walked to the car and got in. Valkyrie adjusted her seat. Skulduggery turned the key in the ignition and the car roared to life. He spread his hands, gesturing around the car.

"Tada!"

Valkyrie looked up from her seat. "I'd complain, but I've learned that it's useless to complain to you."

"At least that's something."

"Where to next?"

"The Sanctuary. Ghastly says it's important."

Valkyrie rolled her eyes. "It's always important. If they ran out of tea it'd be important."

"I could just leave you at home and do this by myself."

"And let you have all the fun? Never."

"Then off we go."