He looked over and saw that Valyn was growing irritated. Shadow figured he'd had his fun but now he should leave them alone. He didn't want to gossip in front of the elf but it was too tempting to continue egging Shana on.

"Really?" Shadow said, pretending as if this was the first time he had heard that. "Well, you know what that means. If you and Valyn are related then so are we. We must be cousins!"