And now, Anubis, I find you in this den of iniquity, this morass of questionable behavior, this...this--' 'School?

People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed.

Where's the glory in repeating what others have done?

They know they’ve won,” Carter guessed. “They’re making a show of it.” “Yes,” Amos said. “Well, let’s blow up the boats or something!” I said. Amos looked at me. “Is that your strategy, honestly?

Bast crouched down and began making weird chittering noises. Uh-oh. She was imitating birds. I'd seen enough cats do this when they were stalking. Suddenly my own obituary flashed in my head: Carter Kane, 14, tragically died in Paris wen he was eaten by his sister's cat, Muffin.

You dropped this," he said, totally poker-faced.

That is exactly how people beat Chinese handcuffs. They turn into iguanas.