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"And then Euryale finds her voice. She will never lose it again. She opens her wondrous mouth wide and she howls.
Perseus almost drops me where he stands. He had not thought he would be in danger after he killed me, he had focused all his energy on getting to the Gorgon cave and killing a snake-haired monster with a death-bringing gaze. It hadn't occurred to him that escaping might be harder than arriving."

"I was, I am, the daughter of a sea god, and even though I was fated to die, I was hardly an ordinary mortal, was I? I had wings, for a start. Here's something else I have: the ability to retain my memories, my faculties, even after death. I really wasn't like other girls.
All of this to say, I could see Perseus, and I wanted to stare unblinking into his vacuous eyes and turn him to cold, pale stone."

"... Medusa is dead, I am dead. But I'm still the best narrator for this part of the story, because I was there for all of it, and because I am not a lying deceitful hateful vicious murderer."

drag himmm

"He wore the cap of Hades and he was invisible even to those beautiful bulging Gorgon eyes. I could see him, because that is the trick with things that belong to Hades: they have no secrets from one another. And now I was dead, I was the servant of Hades too, in a way. Not that I would ever obey him, just in terms of categories, to keep things simple for you..."

"I am the Gorgon head, the head of Medusa, born (or perhaps I should say created) in the moment she died. And I have a much lower opinion of mortal men than she. I am looking at their feet because I was determined not to look at their eyes. But I had to keep my eyes open, for the chance to lithify the one with the sword. I didn't yet know his name was Perseus. But I know he deserved to die."

making me think of ivy

"b: No, you're lying. She was asleep.
a: Until the final moment she was asleep.
b: If what you're saying is true, why didn't she open her eyes?
e: You know why.
d: You know why.
b: I don't.
a: Because she wouldn't kill him."

"a: She slept facing the cave wall that night, curled up with her arms folded in front of her.
d: Like a child.
e: Yes.
ē: He sighed with relief when he saw she was facing the wall.
i: He was a coward.
g: It didn't matter. He didn't need to be brave to kill her while she slept.
a: She was asleep until he held the sword above her neck. She woke when he was standing above her. He kicked two stones into her back."

"Is no one going to rouse Phorcys? Will no one call to Ceto? Will these immortals not rise up from the deep to protect their daughter? Perseus wants to save his mother from marriage: will neither of these sea gods intervene to save their daughter from death? From mutilation? Are they afraid of Zeus or has no one told them she is in danger?
Her sisters don't know what's coming, of that I'm sure."

"He has never stopped petitioning his father for aid. He knows he cannot do what has to be done without divine assistance. Some people, find humility an endearing trait. Others might wonder why one bastard child deserves so much attention.
And now he is closing in on the Gorgons, ready to kill a creature that has done him no harm just to acquire a trophy for a man he despises."

"'I don't mind being a monster,' Euryale replied. 'I would rather have power than not. I like being what scares them.' There was a pause. 'I like you having snakes,' she added. 'I didn't like how they hurt you at first. I didn't like how you lost your hair. But I don't see this change as any different from the others, except we know who caused this one.'"