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1 " What would you do if your cat suddenly went psycho and started to attack you for no apparent reason, lying in wait and pouncing or stalking you with a faraway look reminiscent of its predatory cousins and ancestors? "
2 " Sharif Miyan: " I wish I did, though. Own some land, that is. My family owned it once when I was a young man. It's all gone now." Sharif Miyan's eyes had a faraway look in them, as if he could still see the land.Avi: " Where did it go?" Sharif Miyan: " We lost it during Partition. My family owned many farms in Punjab---the one in Pakistan." Avi: " But land does not go anywhere, does it?" Sharif Miyan: " You are right. Land does not. It's not the people who go away. I know where my land is in Punjab. I can see it. I can walk on it. But it is not mine. Isn't that terrible? I can never forget the day when those landgrabbers held my family at gunpoint and told me to leave. I didn't think I would have to leave the country. "
3 " You're cute when you're worried," she muttered. " Your eyebrows get all scrunched together." " You are not going to die while I owe you a favor," I said. " Why did you take that knife?" " You would've done the same for me." It was true. I guess we both knew it. Still, I felt like somebody was poking my heart with a cold metal rod." How did you know?" " Know what?" I looked around to make sure we were alone. Then I leaned in close and whispered: " My Achilles spot. If you hadn't taken that knife, I would've died." She got a faraway look in her eyes. Her breath smelled like grapes, maybe from the nectar. " I don't know, Percy. I just had this feeling you were in danger. Where... where is the spot?" I wasn't supposed to tell anyone. But this was Annabeth. If I couldn't trust her, I couldn't trust anyone. " The small of my back." She lifted her hand. " Where? Here?" She put her hand on my spine, and my skin tingled. I moved her fingers to the one spot that grounded me to my mortal life. A thousand volts of electricity seemed to arc through my body. " You saved me." I said. " Thanks." She removed her hand, but I kept holding it. " So you owe me," she said weakly. " What else is new? "
