Valkyrie was thinking along the same lines, and she shifted on her feet a little and tried her best not to show her emotions on her face. It was sick. Something the Pure would do ... but not to their own. She looked up at Little Howl with the sneaking suspicion that he was going to want to keep the girl. And Kyrie didn't like that. She'd been shredded like an amateur by this half-pint, and she wasn't looking forward to having to see her on a regular basis.