Familiar?
"Why so 'cloak and dagger'?" Hao Xuan asked looking at the newly built walls around the rift.
Sun An put down the tablet in her hand and looked up. She had a pair of gold-rimmed spectacles hanging on the edge of her nose. Hao Xuan met her eyes and was somewhat taken aback.
He hadn't noticed in the meeting room earlier but she really was a sight to behold.
Clad in her dark silver armor, she looked ready for war. (Img in author notes)
"Valkyrie..." Hao Xuan mumbled out loud without even realizing it.
He remembered reading about the Valkyries back on earth. They served directly under the AllFather, Odin, the most powerful god in Asgard.
He was told all the myths and legends on earth had some roots in reality, maybe Asgard was real too? Perhaps one of the 'Ten Heavens' was such a place?
"Is there something on my face?" Sun An saw Hao Xuan staring at her mindlessly and touched her face.