You see, cuckoos are parasites. They lay their eggs in other birds' nests. When the egg hatches, the baby cuckoo pushes the other baby birds out of the nest. The poor parent birds work themselves to death trying to find enough food to feed the enormous cuckoo child who has murdered their babies and taken their places." "Enormous?" said Jace. "Did you just call me fat?" "It was an analogy." "I am not fat.
Cassandra ClareJace slammed his hand down on the stele. โClary-โ โShe said she doesnโt want it,โ said Simon. โHa-ha.โ โHa-ha?โ Jace looked incredulous. โThatโs your comeback?
Cassandra ClareI suppose you've always been amazing at this stuff."- Clary "I was born amazing." - Jace
Cassandra ClareHe's not in a very good mood," said Luke, pausing in front of a closed door. "I shut him up in Freaky Pete's office after he nearly killed half my pack with his bare hands. He wouldn't talk to me, so"โLuke shruggedโ"I thought of you." He looked from Clary's baffled face to Simon's. "What?" "I can't believe he came here," Clary said. "I can't believe you know someone named Freaky Pete," said Simon. "I know a lot of people," said Luke. "Not that Freaky Pete is strictly people, but I'm hardly one to talk.
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