I collect the pockets of my enemies
May. 6th, 2012 02:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
incandescensWhat a nice thing it is, to know that I have tomorrow and the next day as well off, even if the weather is depressing.
Should devote myself to a big project, but frankly will just be glad for whatever I can manage.
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"Of course it's a conspiracy," Neith said. "They're all in on it -- the mortals, the magicians, the demons, the tax collectors. But I'm on to them. Anyone who invades my territory pays." She gave me a hard smile. "I take trophies."
From under the collar of her army jacket, she dug out a necklace. I winced, expecting to see some grisly bits of . . . well, I don't even want to say. Instead, the cord was strung with ragged squares of cloth -- denim, linen, silk.
"Pockets," Neith confided, a wicked gleam in her eyes.
Walt's hands went instinctively to the sides of his workout pants. "You, um . . . took their pockets?"
"Do you think me cruel?" Neith asked. "Oh, yes, I collect the pockets of my enemies."
"Horrifying," I said. "I didn't know demons had pockets."
"Oh, yes." Neith glanced in either direction, apparently to be sure no one was eavesdropping. "You just have to know where to look."
-- The Serpent's Shadow, Rick Riordan
Should devote myself to a big project, but frankly will just be glad for whatever I can manage.
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"Of course it's a conspiracy," Neith said. "They're all in on it -- the mortals, the magicians, the demons, the tax collectors. But I'm on to them. Anyone who invades my territory pays." She gave me a hard smile. "I take trophies."
From under the collar of her army jacket, she dug out a necklace. I winced, expecting to see some grisly bits of . . . well, I don't even want to say. Instead, the cord was strung with ragged squares of cloth -- denim, linen, silk.
"Pockets," Neith confided, a wicked gleam in her eyes.
Walt's hands went instinctively to the sides of his workout pants. "You, um . . . took their pockets?"
"Do you think me cruel?" Neith asked. "Oh, yes, I collect the pockets of my enemies."
"Horrifying," I said. "I didn't know demons had pockets."
"Oh, yes." Neith glanced in either direction, apparently to be sure no one was eavesdropping. "You just have to know where to look."
-- The Serpent's Shadow, Rick Riordan
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Date: 2012-05-06 02:45 am (UTC)Yay, Monday off?
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Date: 2012-05-06 03:24 pm (UTC)Neith would appear not to be the sanest of gods or goddesses. Though she's a very good survivalist...
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Date: 2012-05-06 03:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-05-06 03:54 pm (UTC)The quote is from the third book in Rick Riordan's "Egyptian mythology" series, which is just out, and which is the end of the series . . . well, for the moment, anyhow.
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Date: 2012-05-07 12:49 am (UTC)Off -topic... http://io9.com/5907664/the-classiest-doctor-who-scarf-ever
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Date: 2012-05-07 12:57 am (UTC)I don't like those as much as I like his Graeco-Roman ones, but they're still entertaining.