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“This next part might cheer you up. So my mom told me she was gonna drive me to my appointment at the sperm bank, and she handed me one of my dad's Playboys--I had something way dirtier stashed in my closet, by the way--and she asked me, all serious, if I knew what do do."

"You've got to be kidding."

"No, I'm not." He started laughing. "I was fifteen, Anna. I was and expert at it, and I did not want to talk about jacking off with my mom.”
― Tracey Garvis-Graves, On the Island

“But didn鈥檛 dwarves kill Kvasir? How did giants get the mead?鈥�
T.J. shrugged. 鈥淎ll the old stories are basically about one group murdering another group to steal their stuff. That鈥檚 probably how.鈥�
This made me proud to be a Viking.”
― Rick Riordan

“He cupped my face in his hands and wiped my tears with his thumbs.
"Better?"
"Yes."
He looked into my eyes and said, "I'll never leave you alone, Anna. Not if I can help it.”
― Tracey Garvis-Graves

“You are aware that my hellhound, Garm, will devour your father, Tyr, when Ragnarok is unleashed?鈥�
I nodded.
鈥淎s Tyr鈥檚 spawn, you have his blood in your veins.鈥�
I nodded again, wondering where this was going.
鈥淲ell. Garm has run off,鈥� she told me. 鈥淵ou, son of Tyr, are the only one who can find him. Or rather鈥濃€攕he treated me to a ghastly smile鈥斺€渉e will find you.鈥�
鈥淚 don鈥檛 follow.鈥�
鈥淲hy, it鈥檚 very simple. My hellhound will smell the blood of Tyr and come running.鈥�
I clutched my rifle more tightly. 鈥淪o basically, you鈥檙e using me as bait.鈥�
鈥淢ore like a moving target,鈥� Hel amended.
鈥淲hy me?鈥� I dared to ask. 鈥淲hy not just, I don鈥檛 know, poof Garm back to his cave yourself? Or send your demons to retrieve him?鈥�
鈥淕arm can be . . . elusive,鈥� she said evasively. 鈥淗e鈥檚 run off before, and past attempts to bring him home with magic and demons have failed.鈥�
I was going to suggest she use a hellhound whistle, but I thought better of it. 鈥淚f you don鈥檛 mind my asking, why not just let him stay lost?鈥�
Hel鈥檚 expression darkened. 鈥淎nd risk word getting out that my dog is beyond my control? No. There is only one solution. You must lure him back to his cave.鈥�
I scowled. 鈥淟et me guess. If I refuse, you torture my mother. If I tell anyone Garm didn鈥檛 come when you called, you torture my mother.鈥�
鈥淥h yes. And Thomas . . . T.J. . . . if you think killing Garm will stop the hound from killing your father, think again. You cannot stop destiny. Now, away you go!”
― Rick Riordan, 9 From the Nine Worlds