His phone rang. This in itself was not a strange occurrence. People called him all the time. Literally. It wasn't like he slept anyway, and many took this to mean he was always available. Quite rude, really.
His phone was still ringing.
He glanced at the file he had been reading, closed it, and picked up.
"Can you sneeze without closing your eyes?"
Skulduggery blinked. Figuratively speaking of course.
"Fascinating bit of trivia," he said after a moment. "Some people, rare individuals, choose to actually start a conversation with a greeting. Perhaps even deigning to enquire about the recipient's wellbeing. Incredible, isn't it? Truly extraordinary, wouldn't you agree?"
On the other end Valkyrie's eye roll was nearly audible.
"Good evening, Skulduggery," she drawled, smile in her voice, "How are you, Skulduggery?"
"Good evening to you as well, Valkyrie. I find myself quite well. Thank you for asking. And how are you?"
"Fine. So?"
"It is possible for humans to hold their eyes open whilst sneezing but only with great difficulty or by holding one's eyelids apart manually. It's an involuntary reflex that is believed to prevent irritants that are being expelled from entering the eyes. "
"Oh, okay. Thanks."
"Will that be all?" he asked, amused.
"Yeah, think so. Pick me up at 9 tomorrow?"
"Of course. Sleep well, Valkyrie."
"Thanks. Have fun meditating."
I felt bad for not posting anything in almost a month so here.
Thanks for reading, please review. Or better yet, if you have a fantastic writing prompt lying around, put it in the comments.
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