“Scrawny little mundane bastard.”

“I can't be mad at you, you harmless scrawny bastard.”

“You want to carry some peace-making message to him?""If it'll help," she agrees."Okay. Tel him he's an absolute bastard-a scrawny, ugly, bald motherfucker who is going to die cold and alone. He'll know what it means.”

“He is funny,” a nymph ventured. “And cute, in a scrawny way,” another said. “Scrawny?” Leo asked. “Baby, I invented scrawny. Scrawny is the new sizzling hot . And I GOT the scrawny. Narcissus? He’s such a loser even the Underworld didn’t want him. He couldn’t get the ghost girls to date him.” “Eww,” said a nymph. “Eww!” Echo agreed.”

“Oh my god, I am so awesome!" Leo bellowed."So awesome!" Echo yelled back."He is funny," a nymph ventured."And cute, in a scrawny way," another said."Scrawny?" Leo asked. "Baby I invented scrawny. Scrawny is the new sizzling hot.”

“You bastard, he thought, almost affectionately, watching the minuscule protoplasm fluttering on the slide. You dirty little bastard.”