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We will feast upon that upstart magician’s carcass!’ I swallowed. ‘I’m actually trying to cut back on carcass feasting.’
(For the record: I have my own healthy fear of Annabeth. She has kicked my butt on more than one occasion. But disdain? Not so much. That was all Nekhbet.)
Not the reaction I’d been hoping for. I keep waiting for the day when the bad guy sees me and screams, I give up! But it hasn’t happened yet.
He waved off the comment. ‘I suppose Carter is lurking around here too, all stealthy and invisible? Hi, Carter!’
Tearing up the universe, destroying things as we see fit!’ ‘That’s – that’s not fair,’ Sadie said, her voice trembling. ‘Tempting me with destruction.’
Humans will come here from all over the world to make offerings and buy souvenirs.’ ‘Souvenirs?’ I said. ‘You want immortality so you can sell T-shirts?’ ‘And snow globes!’ Setne got a dreamy look in his eyes. ‘I love snow globes. Anyway,
Now … I live and breathe weirdness. It goes with the territory when you’re a demigod. But there are still moments when I do a mental double take: like when I’m flying upward inside a giant glowing vulture, flapping my arms to control make-believe wings, holding an almost-immortal magician in my talons … all so I can steal his hat. That hat was not coming off, either.
He fought like a demon. (Believe me, I know. I’ve fought a few.)
Annabeth’s love of wisdom. Carter’s desire to make his dad proud. Sadie’s –’ ‘My incredible modesty,’ Sadie guessed. ‘And obvious good looks.’ Carter snorted.
torrent. I’d heard about people ‘puking rainbows’, because they saw something that was just too cute. Let me tell you: if you actually see someone puking rainbows … there’s nothing cute about it.
Sadie snorted, almost nostril-spewing her Ribena.
‘It’s called the ren,’ Sadie explained. ‘Everyone has one, even if you don’t know it. The ren is … well, the definition of who you are. Once I shared it, Annabeth had access to my experiences, my abilities, all my general amazingness.’
‘Oh, please,’ Sadie said. ‘I only use my knowledge for good.’ Carter suddenly slapped himself in the face. ‘Hey!’ he complained. ‘Oops, sorry,’ Sadie said.
‘So my girlfriend is a magician now, like, permanently? Because she was scary enough before.’ Annabeth laughed. ‘Don’t worry, Seaweed Brain. The effect of learning Sadie’s ren is already wearing off. I’ll never be able to do any magic on my own.’ I breathed a sigh of relief. ‘Okay. So, um … last question.’
‘Well,’ Sadie said, ‘I could put it on and see what happens.’ ‘NO!’ Carter and Annabeth yelled. ‘Kidding,’ Sadie said. ‘Honestly, you two, calm down.
‘For once you’re right, brother dear,’ Sadie said. ‘As much as I’d love to be a literal goddess, I suppose I’ll have to remain a figurative one.’
‘And Khufu is making jelly fruit salad for dinner,’ she said. ‘Should be delicious. Toodle-oo, demigods!’
