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Oh No, That’s For You. Presents Make People Happy. The Simi Wants You To Be Happy. (simi) Thank You, Simi. (gallagher) No Need To Thank Me. See, That’s What Families Do. They Take Care Of Each Other. (simi) I No Longer Have A Family. I Had To Give Them Up. (gallagher) Of Course You Have A Family. Everyone Has Family. I’m Your Family. Akri Your Family. Even That Smelly Old Goddess Is Your Family. She’s That Creepy Old Aunt Who Comes Around But Nobody Likes Her So They Make Fun Of Her When She’s Gone. (simi)

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Oh No, That’s For You. Presents Make People Happy. The Simi Wants You To Be Happy. (simi) Thank You, Simi. (gallagher) No Need To Thank Me. See, That’s What Families Do. They Take Care Of Each Other. (simi) I No Longer Have A Family. I Had To Give Them Up. (gallagher) Of Course You Have A Family. Everyone Has Family. I’m Your Family. Akri Your Family. Even That Smelly Old Goddess Is Your Family. She’s That Creepy Old Aunt Who Comes Around But Nobody Likes Her So They Make Fun Of Her When She’s Gone. (simi)

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Ah, Those Were The Days…the Dark-hunters Hunted Us, We Slaughtered Them. We Made Our Homes In Underground Catacombs And Crypts Where The Hunters Couldn’t Go Without Getting Possessed. It Was An Interesting Time To Be Apollite Or Daimon. But That Was Before We Discovered Civilization And Modern Conveniences. Before The Human World Developed Enough To Where We Could Exist At Night Under The Pretense Of Being One Of Them. Apollites Owning Businesses And Houses. Daimons Playing Nintendo. What Is This World Coming To? (thanatos)

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He Attacked Us. What Was I Supposed To Do? Invite Him To Dinner? (sin)

I'm Not An Easy Lay, Alexion” He Actually Smiled A Real Smile At Her. It Was Charming And Unexpected. "i Am.

Now That System Has Weakened To The Point He And His Worst Disciples Are Able To Be Free. He Wants Total Mayhem And Bloodshed. Most Of All, He Wants Sin To Suffer For Helping To Lock Him In There. (zakar) Oh, This Just Gives You The Warm And Fuzzies, Doesn’t It? (kat)

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Growing Up, Books Were My Lifeline, And I Owe A Debt To Those Writers That Can Never Be Repaid. They Saved My Sanity And Gave Me A World I Could Escape To. If I Can Pay That Forward To Another Person, That's All I Ask.

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Black And White

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Hmmm. See, In This World, Xirena, The Simi Does What She Wants And Akri, He Say, ‘okay, Simi, Whatever You Want, Simi.’ Unless It Involves Eating People; Then He Usually Says No, But That’s The Only Time. Other Than That, He Do What The Simi Says. See How That Works? (simi)

Any Problems With Your Flight? (acheron) I Didn’t Eat My Pilot If That’s What You Mean. And Little Nicky Here Is Still Breathing And Not Bleeding. (zarek)

Yeah, And Mr. Cuddles Is A Jealous Sort. He Doesn’t Share Us Well. (geary) Does This Mean I’ll Have To Fight Him? (arik) You’d Never Win. Mr. Cuddles Cheats. You Think He’s Just A Pushover Teddy Bear, But He’s Vicious, I Tell You. Vicious. (geary)

Which Is Why You Deal With Demons. (acheron) Who Are Even More Pathetic Than Humans When You Think About It. Personally, I’d Rather Play Video Games. Wouldn’t It Be Great If We Could Suck The Souls Of The People We Hated Into The Box, Shoot Them Down And Then Dance On Their Entrails? (jaden)

I Know What It’s Like To Be Torn Between A Love So Pure It Burns You Deep Down In A Place You Didn’t Know Someone Could Touch You And Between Your Oath And Duties. Between The Love Of A Father You’ve Always Known And One You Know You Can Depend On Forever Versus A Love That’s New And Untested. But You Know What I Learned? It’s A Lot Easier To Live Without My Father’s Love Than It Is To Live Without Phoebe’s. (urian) (acheron Didn’t Speak As Urian Left Him Alone.) That Just Makes You Want To Vomit, Doesn’t It? (jaden)

What Do You Want From Me?” – Nick “normally, It’d Be Your Life And Your Soul. Unfortunately, I Can’t Take Either Right Now. Sucks To Be Me Today.” – Death

It’s A Sun Lamp. I Thought You Might Be Tired Of Your Pasty-pale Complexion. (chris) Christopher, I Happen To Be A Viking In The Middle Of Winter In Minnesota. Lack Of A Deep Tan Goes With The Whole Nordic Territory. Why Do You Think We Raided Europe Anyway? (wulf) Because It Was There? (chris) No, We Wanted To Thaw Out. (wulf)

Are You Two Having Some Sort Of Strange Human Thing That You Can’t Follow What I’m Saying? (simi)

Sasha Snorted. "i Have Never In My Extremely Long Life Seen Anyone Take So Long To Answer A Question. It's Like You Went Into Your Brain And Got Lost. You Need A Bread Crumb, Buddy?" He Made A Noise Like He Was Calling His Pet. "here Lassie, Here. Come Back Girl.

You Have Twenty-four Hours, Horseguy, To Kill Your Betrayer Any Way You See Fit And To Take Your Revenge. Make Them Count. Oh, And Know That You Can’t Let Daylight Touch You. If You Do…well, You Don’t Want To Die Without Your Soul. It’s Highly Unpleasant. Sometime In The Next Few Days, A Man Named Acheron Parthenopaeus Will Find You And Teach You Everything You Need To Know About Being A Dark-hunter. If You’re Smart, You’ll Listen To Him. Welcome To The Madness.” – Artemis

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Love Is The Greatest Corrupter Ever Known And Has Been The Numbers One Downfall Of Mankind Since The First Creation.

I Apologize For Pam. I Accidentally Hit Her In The Head With A Baseball When We Were In Fifth Grade And Knocked Her Out Cold. She’s Never Been Right Since. (tory)

Chris Would Disagree With You. (wulf) I Think Chris Would Disagree With A Signpost. (cassandra)

Now Would Be A Good Time To Tell Me You Have Your Sais With You, Kat. (cassandra) Nada. You Got Your Kamas On You? (kat) Yeah. I Tucked Them Into My Bra Before I Left Home. (cassandra)

Zarek? (astrid) What?! (zarek) Don’t Use That Tone With Me. I Like To Know Where People Are In My House. Be Nice, Or I’ll Make You Wear A Cowbell. (astrid)

Trust No One At Your Back Unless You Want Them To Bury A Knife In It.’ (syn)

Hey, Man. Where Have You Been? (dev) Out And About. You? (talon) (dev Gave Him A Wicked Grin.) Mostly In And Out. (dev)

Hey, Yummy Leather Guy? Can You Hear Me? (amanda)

No, Simi. No Food. (acheron) No, Simi. No Food. The Simi Don’t Like This, Akri. Katoteros Is Boring. There’s Nothing Fun There. Only Old Dead People Who Want To Come Back Here. Bleh! (simi) Simi...(acheron) I Hear And Obey, Akri. The Simi Just Never Said She Would Do So Quietly. (simi)

I Might Have Lost Some Skin, But I Got Kissed By A Beautiful Woman Who Was Happy To See Me. I Gotta Say That’s Pretty Epic In My Book. Definitely Not A Worst-case Day Here.” – Sundown

I’m Protecting Her. (wulf) From? (chris) Daimons. (wulf) Big Bad Ones. (cassandra)

Tragedy And Adversary Are The Stones We Sharpen Our Swords Against So We Can Fight New Battles.

Only Because I’m Not A Morning Person. (joe) And You’re Not A Night Person Either. Face It, Babe. You’ve Only Got Two Good Minutes A Day. The Minute Before Noon And The Minute Right After. (tee)

I Love Wren And He Knows It.” “yeah, But He Seems Like He Wouldn’t Welcome It.” “sometimes He Doesn’t. But It’s Like Cherise Says, The Hardest Ones To Love Are Always The Ones Who Need It Most.” (aimee To Fang)

Cupid Is Anything But Cute. As For Handing Our Hearts, He’s More Likely To Rip Them Out. (julian) But He Can Make People Fall In Love. (selena) No. What He Offers Is An Illusion. No Power From Above Can Make One Human Love Another. Love Comes From Within The Heart. (julian)

Falling In Love

Have You Been Drinking This Morning? How Did You Miss Me? I Swear I’ve Fought Old Women With Better Reflexes. (takeshi) The Fact You Fight Old Women Tells Me Just How Rusty You’ve Become. What? Your Ego Needed The Boost And They Were The Only Ones You Could Find You Could Beat? (savitar)

Who Did You Eat This Time? (acheron) It Wasn’t A Who, Akri. It Was Something That Had Hornies On Its Head Like Me. There Were A Bunch Of Them Actually. All Of Them Had Hornies And They Made A Strange Moo-moo Sound. (simi)

Courts Of Equity Make Their Decrees So As To Arrive At The Justice Of The Case Without Violating The Rules Of Law.

Personally, I Wish D. Would Come After Me, I Need A Good Dance Partner. My Daimons Have Lame Legs. (acheron)

I’m A Goddess Of Destruction. Tell Me Honestly That You Find Nothing Exciting About The Idea Of A Billion People Screaming Out For Mercy When There’s No One Left Who Cares What Befalls Them. Of The Entire Earth Being Rained On By All Manner Of Demons Bent On Ultimate Torture And Sacrifice. Them Ripping And Shredding Human Flesh As They Claw In A Drunken Frenzy Fueled By Their Hatred Of Everything. Drinking Blood In An Orgy Of Terror...ahhh, The Beauty Of Annihilation. There’s Nothing Like It.(apollymi)

I Will Fear No Evil For I Am The Baddest Beast In The Land. (nick)

What Are You? (danger) Well, Had You Listened Before You Stabbed Me, You Would Have Heard The ‘i’m Acheron’s Squire’ Part. Apparently That Somehow Escaped Your Hearing And You Mistook Me For A Pin Cushion. (alexion)

Precedent Goes In Support Of Justice.

Why Does The Destroyer Hate Artemis? (cassandra) Love. Why Else? Love, Hatred, And Revenge Are The Most Powerful Emotions On Earth. Apollymi Wants Revenge On Artemis For Killing The One Thing She Loved Most In The Universe. (katra) And That Is? (cassandra) I Would Never Betray Either One By Saying It. (katra) Would You Write It Down?...oh, Yeah, Like The Two Of You Weren’t Thinking The Same Thing. (chris)

Oh, No. We Can’t Have That. Where You Going, Mr. Meanie-pants? You Don’t Hurt People Then Run. That’s Just Rude. Can The Simi Barbecue Him, Or Is He On The ‘no Simi’ Eat List?” – Simi

Let Him Go, Julian. His Entire Body Isn’t Worth One Molecule Of Yours. (grace) (to Paul) Where I Come From, We Butchered Worthless Cowards Like You Just For Practice. (julian)

Yeah, Well, I Guess I Feel Like All Of Us Misfits Need To Hang Together. At Least That Way We Don't Swing Along. (tabitha)

I’m Sick Of Being Everyone’s Regret. My Mother Died In Shame Because She’d Borne Me. My Father And Brother Despise Me And My Sister Can Barely Look Me In The Eye! (acheron)

Where I Come From, Family’s Defined As Those Who Don’t Screw You Over A Pay Check. Blood Makes No Difference. If You Can Trust Them With Your Life And Know That They’ll Be There Come Whatever Hell Rains Down, Then They’re Your Family.

There Was A Reason Why There Was Only A Single Stairway To Heaven, But An Entire Highway To Hell.

Believe Me, If I Start Getting Sick, You’ll Be The First To Know Since I’m Sure It’ll Be All Over You. (alix)

I Know What You Are, Talon. You Are The Man I Was Born To Love. The Only Man I Was Born To Love.” “i’m Not A Man. Not Anymore.” “you Are Mine And I Will Not Let You Go Without A Fight.

Hey, Just Be Grateful I’m Old. When An Arcadian First Starts Time-walking, We Only Have About A Three Percent Chance Of Success. I Once Ended Up On Pluto. (sebastian) Are You Serious? (channon) They’re Not Kidding About It Being The Coldest Planet. (sebastian)

I’m Telling You Right Now I Could Make Him Pop An Aneurysm And No One Would Know. (nero) Doesn’t That Kind Of Murder Bother You At All? (alix) Given Everything People Have Done To Me In My Life, Little Girl, Especially In My Childhood When I Was Helpless Against Them, Humanity Is Lucky I’m Not On A Perpetual Killing Spree. As For The Merjacks…i Owe Them A Debt That No Amount Of Violence On My Part Will Settle. So, No. Nothing About Killing Him Would Bother Me. (nero)

How Did You Escape? (syd) I Fought My Way Out In A Manner That Would Have Made Rambo Proud. And When I Got Home Without His Body Because I Couldn’t Pull Him Out Without Getting Myself Killed, I Got Slapped In My Face By Everyone Around Me. So Don’t Talk To Me About Death, Little Girl. I Wrote The Book On It. (steele)

Uh, Folks, I Think That’s Our Boat Trying To Kill Us. (scott)

Is There A Phone I Can Use? (talon) In The Kitchen. (sunshine) Could You Please Bring It To Me? (talon) It’s Not Cordless. I Always Lose Those Things Or I Drop Them Someplace And Break Them. The Last One I Had Ended Up Drowning In The Toilet. (sunshine)

Are We All Ready? (deimos) (letting Out A Blood-chilling War Cry, He And The Rest Of The Dolophoni Ran Through The Caverns.) I Hate Their Dramatics…and Their Decibel Level. (m'adoc)

I Learned A Long Time Ago Not To Judge People By What They Look Like, Sound Like, Or By The Clothes They Wear. Just Because A House Is Nice And Shiny Out Front Doesn’t Mean It’s Not Rotting On The Inside. (kyrian)

Talon Glanced Wistfully At His Drink As He Debated What Should Take Priority. 'coffee... Daimons... Coffee... Daimons...

Kicking A Police Car? Really?' Caleb Shrugged. 'car Offended Me. It Was Sitting Right Where I Wanted To Stand. What Would You Do?

Aren’t You Forgetting Something?” – Acheron “what?” – Artemis “your Payment.” – Acheron “the Happiness On Your Face When First You Touched Him Was Enough. I Only Wish You’d Been There When Your Daughter Was Born, But That Was My Fault. I’ve Had A Lifetime Of Joy, Hugs And Love From Her And You Missed All Of That Because Of My Stupidity And Fear. His Life Is My Gift To Both Of You. Let’s Hope The Future Is Much Kinder To All Of Us Than The Past Has Been.” – Artemis

Hey!" Caleb Snapped As He Realized Nick Was About To Lock Him On The Outside With Their Attackers. He Pushed The Door Open And Glared At Him. "no Man Left Behind." Nick Scoffed. "this Aint' The Army, Boy. It's Every Man For Himself. Fall Behind. Get Eaten

The Use Of Cases Is To Establish Principles; If The Cases Decide Different From The Principles, I Must Follow The Principles, Not The Decisions.

I Want To Go To The Park. (livia) Why? (adron) Because, And I Know This Is A New Concept For You, We Might Actually Have Fun. Can You Imagine? You Might Even Smile And The World Could Come To An End Over It. (livia)

God Forbid I Should Bleed To Death, Eh? Then You'd Have To Cart Around My Rotting Corpse. (kyrian) Could You Be Any More Morbid? Jeez, Who Was Your Idol Growing Up? Boris Karloff? (amanda) Hannibal, Actually. (kyrian) You're Trying To Scare Me, Aren't You? Well, It Won't Work. I Grew Up In A House With An Angry Poltergeist And Two Sisters Who Used To Conjure Demons Just To Fight Them. Buster, I've Seen It All And Your Gallows Humor Isn't Working On Me. (amanda)

I Suggest You Leave. Now. (nykyrian) (the Would-be Attackers Flee.) Had You Said ‘boo,’ I Think They Would Have Wet Themselves. (kiara)

Anything You Need, You Tell Him And He'll Get It For You. If He Offends You In Any Way, Let Me Know And I'll Kill Him When I Get Up.

Your Father Abandoned Us. (zephyra) I Know. You’ve Told Me That Enough That It’s Permanently Seared Into My Brain. Still, He’s A Part Of Me And I’d Like To Have Closure. (medea) You Really Need To Stop Watching Oprah. (zephyra)

The One Thing All That Battle Taught Me, Is That No One Walks Away Without Scars. No One. (bad Moon Rising)

Let’s Find Someplace Where There Aren’t Any Dead People, Insects, Or Rodents. For That Matter, Someplace That’s Big Enough To Accommodate Both Of Us Without Crimping Any Internal Organs. (shahara) Picky, Picky, Picky. (syn)

I Take It That Didn’t Go Well. (cassandra) About Like Walking Into A Bear Cave Covered In Honey. (wulf)

If You Betray Me, Leta…kill Me. Be Kind And Don’t Let Me Live In The Shadow Of Your Cruelty. I Can’t Take Another Blow Like That. I’m Not That Strong. (aiden)

Have Any Of You Taken A Look Out At Greece In The Last, Say, Hour Or So? (hermes) What? Are They Reacting To The Fact I Cursed The Apollites? (apollo) I Don’t Think That Bothers Them Nearly As Much As The Fact The Island Of Atlantis Is Now Gone And The Atlantean Goddess Apollymi Is Cutting A Swathe Through Our Country, Laying Waste To Everyone And Everything She Comes Into Contact With. And In Case You’re Curious, She’s Headed Straight For Us. I Could Be Really Wrong Here, But I’m Guessing The Woman’s Extremely Pissed. (hermes)

You Must Be Pain In The Nick.” – Dev “huh?” – Nick “don’t Wet Your Pets. Just A Figure Of Speech. Your Mom’s Been Talking About You All Day, Boy. You Are Her Favorite Topic.” – Dev “well, I Try Hard Not To Be Her Favorite Hemorrhoid.” – Nick

So Who Was She? (vane) Why Do You Assume It Was A Female? (fang) Didn’t Know You Were Fond Of Men. I’ll File That Under My Special Fang Folder. (vane)

Fine, Just Don’t Eat My Mom, Okay? She’s Had A Bad Enough Life Without Becoming The Bride Of Dracula.” – Nick

All Right, Kids. We’re Going To A Party Where They Don’t Like Us Very Much. Everyone Know What They’re Doing? (sin) Not A Clue, But I Think Certain Death And Dismemberment Is In My Forecast, Followed By A Light Rain Of Guys And Flayed Skin. (kish)

Xenon? What Kind Of Name Is That?” – Nick “the Only Kind I Answer To.” – Xenon “don’t Eat The Help, X. We Need Him.” – Caleb

Well, If You’re Through Taunting Poor Mike, Are You Ready To Go? (nick) You Give Me Any Lip, Little Boy, And There Won’t Be Enough Left Of You To Run Through A Sieve. (zarek)

There's Only So Many Times You Can Kick A Dog Before It Turns Viscous. (julian)

Grace? Are You Tipsy? (selena) Maybe Just Comfortably Toasty. Pop Tart Toasty. (grace)

I Want You To Know That I Fought You Fairly. Equal To Equal. I Could Have Used My Powers Against You, But I Didn’t. (stryker) Should I Warm To Oven And Bake You A Batch Of Hero-cookies? (zephyra)

But You’re Human, Aren’t You? (kat) I’m Human, Except When I First Wake Up In The Morning. Even I Don’t Want To Be Around Myself Then. (kish)

Judge No One Until You Know Their Circumstances. No Matter How Awful They Seemed, Sometimes There Was A Valid Reason For Their Behaviour. Granted, Some People Were Just Mean And Corrupt, But Not Always. Many People Were Just In Pain, And By Acting Out, They Were Only Trying To Protect Themselves From Being Hurt More.

When You First Take Someone’s Life, Two People Die. The Person You Just Killed And The Human Being You Used To Be. You’re Never The Same After That—it Changes You Forever And Not In A Good Way —and No Matter How Hard You Try, You Can’t Go Back To The Innocence You Had. Ever.

Sebastos Eudorus Parthenopaeus. He Is Really Going To Hate Us When He Has To Learn To Spell All That.” – Acheron

Laugh It Up, Asshole. But She Who Laughs Last Laughs Longest, And I Intend To Belly Roll Tonight ~tabitha

How Nice Of Acheron To Send Us A Playmate. (daimon) Play Is For Children And Dogs. Now That You Have Identified Which Category You Fall Into, I'll Show You What Romans Do To Rabid Dogs. (valerius)

But This…this Kid Wasn’t Dead Yet. Makes No Sense To Me. (bubba) Maybe Someone Spiked His Wheaties? (nick)

Fury Snorted. "you're The Leader, Vane. Lead.

You Want Something To Drink?” – Nick “human Blood Would Be Fabulous. But Since I Doubt You’re Donating, Let Me Suffer For A Minute Longer.” – Caleb

I Can't. At Least Not For A While. I Need Time To Get Past This And I Can't Guarantee That I Won't Hurt Him Again. God Knows, Nick Has A True Gift For Saying The Wrong Thing In Any Given Situation. (acheron) You Know He Loves You, Right? (amanda) Yeah, But Emotions Don't Have Brains. (acheron)

What Are You? (zarek) I’m A Nymph. (astrid) I Hope You Just Left An Important Syllable Off That Word, Princess. (zarek)

Simi, Why Did Acheron Send You Here? (astrid) To Protect You From Thanatos So That Your Sisters Don’t Get All Freaky And Destroy The World. Or Something Like That. I Don’t Know Why All Of You Fear The End Of The World. It’s Not So Bad, Really. At Least Then Akri’s Mama Be Free. Then She Wouldn’t Be So Cranky At The Simi All The Time. (simi) Ash’s Mother Is Still Alive? (zarek) Oh, Akri Get Mad Whenever I Tell That. Bad Simi. I Not Talk Anymore. I Need Food. (simi)

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