“So by the time the morning came, Odysseus and I were indeed friends, as Odysseus had promised we would be. Or let me put it another way: I myself had developed friendly feelings towards him - more than that, loving and passionate ones - and he behaved as if he reciprocated them. Which is not quite the same thing.”
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“I’ve heard the name before: Anubis. An Egyptian name. The name of a god. The god of the dead.”
“Well, it’s probably a good thing Anubis didn’t kiss me. I would have died all over again.”