~ The battlefield all in red from blood. Death's laugh so loud, silent, distorted, was to be heard.
"Now I am to claim your soul Valkyrie, for you lost the bet."
Valkyrie in return, "I didn't lose, I swear in my lord's name, the opponent was entirely slain by my sword! Only a handful of mine were lost!"
Death replied, "Upon me suggesting this bet you should have refused. For you have lost because of reason so simple you could not see..."
"... This battle could have only ended in draw to your favor, this handful of dead on your side, have become your doom."
"You have tricked me! Even worse than Loki!"
"Merely have I tricked you, for it is the very reason I exist. To collect and lead all the dead out of this world..."~