“So why in the name of Merlin’s saggy left —”“Don’t talk to your mother like that.”
“And what in the name of Merlin’s most baggy Y Fronts was that about?”
“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)”
“-I have this friend—you don’t know him—but— -Is his name Molloway? -No. -Oh. I don’t know anybody named Molloway, so that’s why I was asking.”
“Merlin’s beard, what is Xenophilius Lovegood wearing? He looks like an omelet.”
“Merlin’s beard.”