Oh, I wouldn't say Love always makes you happy. Sometimes it makes you incredibly sad.

The bridge fell away into the chasm, and the Cyclops howled ... with delight, because he was standing right next to us.

It's like I was connected to the plumping system.

So, destroy?" Cal asked. Clearly, the conversation was giving his two brain cells a serious workout.

"Bloated!" he cried. The corresponding hieroglyph flew through the air, bursting against a demon's chest in a spray of light. Instantly, the demon swelled like a water balloon and rolled screaming down the pyramid. "Flat!" Thoth blasted another demon, who collapsed and shriveled into a monster-shaped doormat. "Intestinal problems!" Thoth yelled. The poor demon who got zapped with that one turned green and doubled over.

She’s pretty,” Zethes mumbled. “I mean, she’s right.

I can try to disable it," I said, "but if I mess up, this whole apartment is going to fill with gas. We'll die." Thalia swallowed. " I trust you. Just... don't mess it up.