"He can be anything he wants."

Definate pride, there, even if it is tinged with the thought that, maybe, if he hadn't been a shape-shifter Hel wouldn't be what she is.

"The Valkyrie are Odin's handmaids. They decide which of the dead go to Valhalla, and which come to Niflheim and me. They can be swan, raven, wolf, and horse."

She doesn't like them. Not even a little bit.