So you'll teach me?" Val asked.<br /><br />Ravus nodded agin. "I will make you as terrible as you desire."<br /><br />"I don't want to be - ," she started, but he held up his hand.<br /><br />"I know you're very brave," he said.<br /><br />"Or stupid."<br /><br />"<i>And</i> stupid. Brave <i>and</i> Stupid." Ravus smiled, but then his smile sagged. "But nothing can stop you from being terrible once you've learned how.