Mariana

“He likes to be noticed. He’s not exactly low-key.” “I get it,” I said. “Loki. Low-key.”
― Rick Riordan, The Sword of Summer

“His white admiral's jacket gleamed with medals, nut Loki wasn't exactly wearing it regulation-style. It was open over a black T-shirt featuring Jack Nicholson's face from The Shinnig. The caption read: HEEEERE'S LOKI!”
― Rick Riordan, The Sword of Summer

“Enough studying, Joana. Sometimes living life is more instructive than studying it.”
― Ruta Sepetys, Salt to the Sea

“Could you do a glamour and turn into something smaller?" I asked it. "Preferably not a chain, since it's no longer the 1990s?"

The sword didn't reply (duh), but I imagined it was humming at a more interrogative pitch, like, Such as what?

"I dunno. Something pocket-size and innocuous. A pen, maybe?"

The sword pulsed, almost like it was laughing. I imagined it saying, A pen sword. That is the stupidest thing I've ever heard.”
― Rick Riordan, The Sword of Summer