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181 " I heard Amos yell, “For Brooklyn!”It was an odd battle cry. "
― Rick Riordan , The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1)
182 " You wrote this right?” he said. “It tells how to defeat Set.”Thoth unfolded the papyrus pages. “Oh, dear. I hate reading my old work. Look at this sentence. I’d never write it that way now.” He patted his lab coat pockets. “Red pen—does anyone have one?”Isis chafed against my willpower, insisting that we blast some sense into Thoth. One fireball, she pleaded. Just one enormous magical fireball?I couldn’t say I was tempted, but I kept her under control.“Since when does drool make you powerful? "
183 " We can’t make a portal—”“We’ve got a flying boat,” Carter offered. "
184 " But not like this: not withthe house just an afterimage, and my mom a spirit, and my dad...recycled.""Carter Kane, Chapter 41 "
185 " How do you have five children in a row, each on a different say?”“They’re gods,” Carter said. “They can do stuff like that. "
186 " The wand ricocheted through the swarm, thumping six, seven, eight of the little monsters before returning to Carter’s hand.“Not bad,” I said. “Keep it up! "
187 " Amos sipped his coffee. The faraway look on his face reminded me of my dad. “I don’t want to scare you.”“Too late. "
188 " I’ll distract them,” Carter said. “You search. The Trophy room is through there.”“Carter!”But the fool ran off to protect me. I hate when he does that. "
189 " Lovely. Imprisoned in a nursery school dungeon. "
190 " Thanks for everything.”“As you wish,” the captain said. If axes could frown, I’m sure he would have.“Stay sharp,” Carter told him. "
191 " Just my luck, on top of everything else I had to take baboon medicine. "
192 " Apparently, word of the chicken man incident hadn’t spread quite yet. "
193 " The house of Life doesn’t trust our family, especially after what Dad and Mom did. Amos said we were raised apart for a reason, so we wouldn’t trigger each other’s magic.”“Bloody awful reason to keep us apart,” I muttered. "
194 " I held out my dad’s magic box and let it o, sure it would smash to the floor. Instead, the box disappeared.“Cool,” I said. “Sure you I can get it back?”“No,” Bast said. “Now come on! "
195 " The House is in the house"Chapter 38 "
196 " We don’t have much time. Mel will be out of the restroom soon.”“You’ve got a magician named Mel? "
197 " Tell us, cat! "
198 " I grabbed a pair of glowing red legs. "
199 " The first thing we pulled out was a lump of white gunk.“Wax,” Carter pronounced.“Fascinating. "
200 " Big brothers are the ones who are supposed to pull their punches. Little sisters—well, we should be ableto hit as hard as we like, shouldn’t we? "