And in addition to its practical uses, it would seem to work for cosmetic purposes. This powder would make my very skin glimmer for eternity." Henry frowned. "Not eternity," he said, but then he brightened. "But I could make you up another batch whenever you please!" "I could shine at will!" Magnus grinned at Henry.
Cassandra ClareYou and Jace โ youโre not quite normal, are you? I mean, not normal Shadowhunters. Thereโs something special about you both. Like the Seelie Queen said. You were experiments.โ He smiled at her startled look. โIโm not stupid. I can put these things together. You with your rune powers, and Jace, wellโฆno one could be that annoying without some kind of supernatural assistance.
Cassandra Clare... everything seemed to him a uniform shade of gray- even the people! He had been unable to believe it could rain so much in one place, and so unceasingly. The damp had seemed to come up from the floors and into his bones, so that he'd thought he would eventually sprout mold, in the manner of a tree. "You do get used to it," he said "Even if sometimes you feel as if you out to be able to be wrung out like a washrag." p 311
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