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Maybe—just maybe—Sadie had my best interests at heart. (I just caught her making faces at me, so maybe not.)

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After my bad experience as a kite, I simply refused to go about as a glowing Sadie-headed chicken. That's fine for Carter, but I have standards.

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There's my baby! I cried, quite carried away. There's my Poochiekins! Ammit ran at me and leaped into my arms, nuzzling me with his rough snout. My lord Osiris! Disturber lost the bottom of his scroll again, which unraveled around his legs. This is an outrage! Sadie, Dad said firmly, please do not refer to the Devourer of Souls as Poochiekins.

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CHEERS, CARTER. At least you have the sense to hand me the microphone for important things. Honestly, he drones on and on about his plans for the Apocalypse, but he makes no plans at all for the school dance. My brother's priorities are severely skewed. Sadie Kane

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She blinked. "Hmm? Oh, don't care. What did Anubis look like to you?" "What did... he looked like a guy. So?" "A good-looking guy, or a slobbering dog-headed guy?" "I guess... Not the dog-headed guy." "I knew it!" Sadie pointed at me as if she'd won an argument. "Good-looking. I knew it!" And with a ridiculous grin, she spun around and skipped into the house. My sister, as I may have mentioned, is a little strange.

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If I've got the powers of a god, then why am I so..." "Lame?" Sadie suggested. "Shut up," I said.

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We ran, plowing through another pile of peppers. [No, I didn't pick a peck of them, Sadie - just shut up.]

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"I see murky visions of other gods and rival magic." That REALLY didn't sound good. "What do you mean?" I asked. "what OTHER GODS?" "I don't know, Sadie. But Egypt has always faced challenges from outside –– magicians from elsewhere, even gods from elsewhere. Just be vigilant."

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Sadie got up and kissed Amos on the forehead. Leave it to us, Uncle. I've got a plan. That, I said, sounds like very bad news.

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I blinked the sleep out of my eyes and realized my head was in Khufu's lap. The baboon was foraging my scalp for munchies. Dude. I sat up groggily. Not cool. But he gave you a lovely hairdo, Sadie said. Agh-agh! Khufu agreed.

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We're on the moon, Sadie murmured. El Paso, Texas, Bast corrected.

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I will feast on enemies of Ra until my belly is full! Charming, Sadie whispered.

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I guess we're even, Sadie.First, Walt and I rushed off to save you in London.Then, you and Walt rushed off to save me.The only one who got shafted on both deals was Walt.Poor guy gets hauled all over the world pulling us out of trouble

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His left eyebrow crept higher and higher as I told him the strange bits like the glowing letters and serpent staff. "Well, Sadie," Inspector Williams said. "You've got quite an imagination." "I'm not lying, Inspector. And I think your eyebrow is trying to escape." He tried to look at his own eyebrows, then scowled.

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I woke to a bucket of ice water in my face. Sadie! Get up, Zia said. God! I yelled. Was that necessary? No, admitted Zia.

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My face felt like my normal face, as if that part of me hadn't transformed into a bird. [Fine, Sadie. Call me the Carter-headed chicken. Happy?]

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At first I was protecting you two because I promised. Now even if I hadn't promised, I would. You two are like kittens to me. I won't fail you again." I'll admit I got a lump in my throat. I'd never been called someone's kitten before. Sadie sniffled. She brushed something from under her eye. "You're not going to wash us, are you?

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Sadie," he said forlornly, "when you become a parent, you may understand this. One of my hardest jobs as a father, one of my greatest duties, was to realize that my own dreams, my own goals and wishes, are secondary to my children's.

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Right," Sadie said. "And Set will just stand there calmly while I read him to death.

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I thought maybe she'd whisk us off by magic, or at least hail a taxi. Instead, Bast borrowed a silver Lexus convertible. "Oh, yes," she purred. "I like this one! Come along, children." "But this isn't yours," I pointed out. "My dear, I'm a cat. Everything I see is mine." She touched the ignition and the keyhole sparked. The engine began to purr. [No, Sadie. Not like a cat, like an engine.]

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Think about Isis, Jaz repeated. And Sadie…there is a purpose. You taught us that. We choose to believe in Ma'at. We create order out of chaos, beauty and meaning out of ugly randomness. That's what Egypt is all about. That's why its name, its ren, has endured for millennia. Don't despair. Otherwise Chaos wins.

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We speak with one voice, Walt said. Especially on this matter. No one hurts Sadie Kane.

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I sat up and the blankets fell away.I looked down and found I was wearing pokemon pajamas. "Sadie,"I said,"I'm going to kill you." She batted her eyes innocently."But the street merchant gave us a very good deal on those.Walt said they would fit you." Walt raised his hand."Don't blame me, man.I tried to stick up for you." Bes snorted, then did a pretty good imitation of Walt's voice:"At least get the extra-large ones with Pikachu.

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Right. Sadie looked dazed. You've got a monkey butler. Why not?

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I seriously needed an extra-strength magic pillow, because my ba refused to stay put. [And no, Sadie, I don't think wrapping my head in duct tape would've worked either.]

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