--- title: "10 Gaze Quotes By Michael Grant" description: "10 Gaze quotes by Michael Grant. Plus more from Michael Grant and more Gaze sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/993/michael-grant-1391_gaze_who-is-it-gaia-asked-would-she-know-if-h_651859.jpg" --- > [“Who is it?" Gaia asked. Would she know if he lied? He couldnt hesitate. "I think it's Edilio." "Waht are his powers?"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/who-is-it-gaia-asked-would-she-know-if-he-lied-he-couldnt-hesitate-i/) [Michael Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-grant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/993/michael-grant-1391_gaze_who-is-it-gaia-asked-would-she-know-if-h_651859.jpg) > [“I’m getting my stuff,” he said, and bolted for the steps. “You don’t have to move out,” Astrid called after him. Sam…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/i-m-getting-my-stuff-he-said-and-bolted-for-the-steps-you-don-t-have/) [Michael Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-grant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/997/michael-grant-1391_argue_i-m-getting-my-stuff-he-said-and-bolted_1289575.png) > [“Astrid found the hem of his T-shirt and pulled it up over his head. She unbuckled his belt and shoved his jeans…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/astrid-found-the-hem-of-his-t-shirt-and-pulled-it-up-over-his-head/) [Michael Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-grant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/512/michael-grant-1391_astrid-ellison_astrid-found-the-hem-of-his-t-shirt-and_985260.png) > [“I don’t guess you can outrun an explosion, right?” Sam asked doubtfully. Jack rolled his eyes and sighed his condescending geek sigh.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/i-don-t-guess-you-can-outrun-an-explosion-right-sam-asked-doubtfully/) [Michael Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-grant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a7/michael-grant-1391_astrid-ellison_i-don-t-guess-you-can-outrun-an-explosio_629630.png) > [“Nine shotgun shells would kill just about anything. Except Drake. Drake scared her deep down. He had been the first person in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/nine-shotgun-shells-would-kill-just-about-anything-except-drake-drake/) [Michael Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-grant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7c/michael-grant-1391_astrid-ellison_nine-shotgun-shells-would-kill-just-abou_3057317.jpg) > [“Guys, he’s hurt bad.” The blonde scrambled to him. She tore the wounded boy’s shirt open. A river of blood ran down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/guys-he-s-hurt-bad-the-blonde-scrambled-to-him-she-tore-the-wounded/) [Michael Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-grant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/819/michael-grant-1391_astrid_guys-he-s-hurt-bad-the-blonde-scrambled_2569755.png) > [“He pictured himself at the lake, on a houseboat. Dekka would be there, and Brianna and Jack. He would have friends. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/he-pictured-himself-at-the-lake-on-a-houseboat-dekka-would-be-there/) [Michael Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-grant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d30/michael-grant-1391_astrid-ellison_he-pictured-himself-at-the-lake-on-a-hou_2074739.png) > [“We’re here to execute a murderer,” Zil said, pointing at Hunter. “We are bringing justice in the name of all normals.” “There’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/we-re-here-to-execute-a-murderer-zil-said-pointing-at-hunter-we-are/) [Michael Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-grant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10d/michael-grant-1391_astrid_we-re-here-to-execute-a-murderer-zil-sai_3147360.png) > [“Where’s Sam?” Brianna asked. “He’s out. So is Edilio,” Dekka said. “You going to tell us what’s in the bag or do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/where-s-sam-brianna-asked-he-s-out-so-is-edilio-dekka-said-you-going/) [Michael Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-grant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c1/michael-grant-1391_astrid-ellison_where-s-sam-brianna-asked-he-s-out-so-is_1022469.png) > [“He’s a murdering chud,” Zil was yelling. “What do you want to do? Lynch him?” Astrid demanded. That stopped the flow for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/he-s-a-murdering-chud-zil-was-yelling-what-do-you-want-to-do-lynch/) [Michael Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-grant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d31/michael-grant-1391_argue_he-s-a-murdering-chud-zil-was-yelling-wh_1705546.jpg) ## Other authors on Gaze ## More by Michael Grant > [The pain was her whole world now. Pain and fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/the-pain-was-her-whole-world-now-pain-and-fear/) [Michael Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-grant/) > [So, Diana thought, that was the bait she had to lay out for Jack. Of course. What else? He might lust for Diana, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/so-diana-thought-that-was-the-bait-she-had-to-lay-out-for-jack-of/) [Michael Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-grant/) > [He wanted to go running home to Mommy, what can I say? Of course, it's hard for me to believe that anyone would choose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/he-wanted-to-go-running-home-to-mommy-what-can-i-say-of-course-it-s/) [Michael Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-grant/) > [Here's the thing: I am not beautiful. I'm pretty. I'll allow that much. Pretty. But I'm not the girl boys long for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/here-s-the-thing-i-am-not-beautiful-i-m-pretty-i-ll-allow-that-much/) [Michael Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-grant/) > [It's Sanjit. It's a Hindu name. It means 'invincible.'" "That's great," Lana said. "Invincible. I can't be vinced." "That's not even a word," Lana…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/it-s-sanjit-it-s-a-hindu-name-it-means-invincible-that-s-great-lana/) [Michael Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-grant/) > [Paranoia," Sam muttered. "You're going slowly nuts, dude. Or maybe not so slowly, since you're talking to yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/paranoia-sam-muttered-you-re-going-slowly-nuts-dude-or-maybe-not-so/) [Michael Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-grant/) > [“I don’t care what your excuse is, I don’t care what you think God told you to do, if you are in the business…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/i-don-t-care-what-your-excuse-is-i-don-t-care-what-you-think-god-told/) [Michael Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-grant/) > [“I know something must be very wrong, or just possibly very right?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/i-know-something-must-be-very-wrong-or-just-possibly-very-right/) [Michael Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-grant/) > [“The computer's password protected. I try the basics: 1,2,3,4. QWERTY. YTREWQ, which is qwerty backward. PASSWORD. A few others. Whoever uses this computer isn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/the-computer-s-password-protected-i-try-the-basics-1-2-3-4-qwerty/) [Michael Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-grant/) > [Say it. But..." "But what?" he asked. She whispered it, sounding too vulnerable. "But only if its the truth, Caine. Only. If." "I love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/say-it-but-but-what-he-asked-she-whispered-it-sounding-too-vulnerable/) [Michael Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-grant/) > [“ Rio : – What the hell is the point of worrying about it? I don’t see Geer or Pang or Stick moping. Jen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/rio-what-the-hell-is-the-point-of-worrying-about-it-i-don-t-see-geer/) [Michael Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-grant/) > [“It's not like I've spent my life beating he boys back with a flaming torch.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/it-s-not-like-i-ve-spent-my-life-beating-he-boys-back-with-a-flaming/) [Michael Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-grant/) > [“Cabeza de turco.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/cabeza-de-turco/) [Michael Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-grant/) > [You don't look so much like a great hero,' Jarrah said. 'I'm pretty sure I'm not,' Mack said wearily. 'My throat is hoarse from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/you-don-t-look-so-much-like-a-great-hero-jarrah-said-i-m-pretty-sure/) [Michael Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-grant/) > [“Lana said, “Sam, can you, you know, like burn that concrete off her hands?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/lana-said-sam-can-you-you-know-like-burn-that-concrete-off-her-hands/) [Michael Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-grant/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gaze/michael-grant/#itemlist", "name": "10 Gaze Quotes By Michael Grant", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Who is it?\" Gaia asked. Would she know if he lied? He couldnt hesitate. \"I think it's Edilio.\" \"Waht are his powers?\" \"None,\" Caine said. And thought, Unless you count having courage to stand out there facing the gaiaphage. \"Then heep moving,Father,\" Gaia said. \"He does have a gun.\" \"Do you think I fear a gun?\" You should, you arrogant... \"No, but I do,\" Caine said.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Grant" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/who-is-it-gaia-asked-would-she-know-if-he-lied-he-couldnt-hesitate-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/993/michael-grant-1391_gaze_who-is-it-gaia-asked-would-she-know-if-h_651859.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/993/michael-grant-1391_gaze_who-is-it-gaia-asked-would-she-know-if-h_651859.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/993/michael-grant-1391_gaze_who-is-it-gaia-asked-would-she-know-if-h_651859.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Who is it?\" Gaia asked. Would she know if he lied? 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She unbuckled his belt and shoved his jeans to the deck. She pushed him, gently but insistently, onto the bed. Then she undressed herself and stood in the faint light, looking down at him as he gazed up at her. “You’re giving me a reason to live,” he said, half joking. “I’m just recapturing the mood,” she said, trying to make it sound light and sexy. “You captured me a long time ago.” She climbed atop him. “We walk out of this together, Sam. Whatever it takes. You and me.” “You and me,” he said. 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Brianna said, “I can’t outrun an explosion, but I’ll tie the string around the wire.” She zipped over to the wire and zipped back holding the loose end. “Who gets to yank the string?” “She who ties the string pulls it,” Sam said. “But first—” BOOOOM! The containers, the sand, pieces of driftwood, bushes on the bluff all erupted in a fireball. Sam felt a blast of heat on his face. His ears rang. His eyes scrunched on sand. Debris seemed to take a long time to fall back down to earth. In the eventual silence Sam said, “I was going to say first we should all lie flat so we didn’t get blown up. But I guess that was good, too, Breeze.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Grant" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/i-don-t-guess-you-can-outrun-an-explosion-right-sam-asked-doubtfully/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a7/michael-grant-1391_astrid-ellison_i-don-t-guess-you-can-outrun-an-explosio_629630.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a7/michael-grant-1391_astrid-ellison_i-don-t-guess-you-can-outrun-an-explosio_629630.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a7/michael-grant-1391_astrid-ellison_i-don-t-guess-you-can-outrun-an-explosio_629630.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don’t guess you can outrun an explosion, right?” Sam asked doubtfully. 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Fear of that psychopath was part of the reason she had needed to manipulate Sam. She had needed Sam’s protection for herself and even more for Little Pete. Drake wasn’t Caine. Caine was a heartless, ruthless sociopath who would do anything to increase his power. But Caine didn’t revel in pain and violence and fear. However amoral, Caine was rational. To Caine’s eyes Astrid was just another pawn on the chessboard. To Drake she was a victim waiting to be destroyed for the sheer pleasure it would bring him. Astrid knew she couldn’t kill Drake with the shotgun. She could blow his head off his shoulders and still not kill him. But that image brought her some sense of reassurance.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Grant" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/nine-shotgun-shells-would-kill-just-about-anything-except-drake-drake/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7c/michael-grant-1391_astrid-ellison_nine-shotgun-shells-would-kill-just-abou_3057317.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7c/michael-grant-1391_astrid-ellison_nine-shotgun-shells-would-kill-just-abou_3057317.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7c/michael-grant-1391_astrid-ellison_nine-shotgun-shells-would-kill-just-abou_3057317.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Nine shotgun shells would kill just about anything. Except Drake. Drake scared her deep down. He had been…” — Michael Grant", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Guys, he’s hurt bad.” The blonde scrambled to him. She tore the wounded boy’s shirt open. A river of blood ran down his chest. “Oh, God, no,” the blonde cried. Lana pushed her aside and laid a hand against the pumping wound. “He’ll live,” Lana said. “I’ll fix him.” “What do you mean, you’ll fix him?” the blonde demanded. “We need stitches, we need a doctor. Look at how he’s bleeding.” Lana said, “What’s your name?” “Astrid, what does it matter? He’s…” She stopped talking then and leaned in close to see. “The bloodflow is slowing.” “Yeah. I noticed that, too,” Lana said dryly. “Relax. He’ll be fine. In fact…” She tilted her head to get a better look at him. “In fact, I’ll bet when he’s not covered in blood, he’s cute. Your boyfriend?” “That’s not what it’s about,” Astrid snapped. Then, in a low voice, like she didn’t want the others to hear, she said, “Kind of.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Grant" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/guys-he-s-hurt-bad-the-blonde-scrambled-to-him-she-tore-the-wounded/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/819/michael-grant-1391_astrid_guys-he-s-hurt-bad-the-blonde-scrambled_2569755.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/819/michael-grant-1391_astrid_guys-he-s-hurt-bad-the-blonde-scrambled_2569755.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/819/michael-grant-1391_astrid_guys-he-s-hurt-bad-the-blonde-scrambled_2569755.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Guys, he’s hurt bad.” The blonde scrambled to him. She tore the wounded boy’s shirt open. A river of blood…” — Michael Grant", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He pictured himself at the lake, on a houseboat. Dekka would be there, and Brianna and Jack. He would have friends. He wouldn’t be alone. But he couldn’t stop himself from looking for her. She no longer had Little Pete to worry about. They could be together without all of that. But of course he knew Astrid, and knew that right now, wherever she was, she was eaten up inside with guilt. “She’s not coming, is she?” Sam said to Dekka. But Dekka didn’t answer. She was somewhere else in her head. Sam saw her glance and look away as Brianna laid a light hand on Jack’s shoulder. Dahra was staying in the hospital, but a few more kids came. Groups of three or four at a time. The Siren and the kids she lived with came. John Terrafino came. Ellen. He waited. He would wait the full two hours. Not for her, he told himself, just to keep his word. Then Orc, with Howard. Sam groaned inwardly. “You gotta be kidding me,” Brianna said. “The deal was kids make a choice,” Sam said. “I think Howard just realized how dangerous life can be for a criminal living in a place where the ‘king’ can decide life or death.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Grant" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/he-pictured-himself-at-the-lake-on-a-houseboat-dekka-would-be-there/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d30/michael-grant-1391_astrid-ellison_he-pictured-himself-at-the-lake-on-a-hou_2074739.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d30/michael-grant-1391_astrid-ellison_he-pictured-himself-at-the-lake-on-a-hou_2074739.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d30/michael-grant-1391_astrid-ellison_he-pictured-himself-at-the-lake-on-a-hou_2074739.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He pictured himself at the lake, on a houseboat. Dekka would be there, and Brianna and Jack. He would have…” — Michael Grant", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We’re here to execute a murderer,” Zil said, pointing at Hunter. “We are bringing justice in the name of all normals.” “There’s no justice without a trial,” Astrid said. Zil grinned. He spread his hands. “We had a trial, Astrid. And this chud scum was found guilty of murdering a normal. “The penalty,” he added, “is death.” Astrid turned to face the mob. “If you do this, you’ll never forgive yourselves.” “We’re hungry,” a voice cried, and was immediately echoed by others. “You’re going to murder a boy in a church?” Astrid demanded, pointing toward the church. “A church? In God’s house?” Zil could see that those words had an effect. There were some nervous looks. “You will never wash the stain of this off your hands,” Astrid cried. “If you do this, you will never be able to forget it. What do you think your parents would say?” “There are no parents in the FAYZ. No God, either,” Zil said. “There’s just humans trying to stay alive, and freaks taking everything for themselves.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Grant" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/we-re-here-to-execute-a-murderer-zil-said-pointing-at-hunter-we-are/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10d/michael-grant-1391_astrid_we-re-here-to-execute-a-murderer-zil-sai_3147360.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10d/michael-grant-1391_astrid_we-re-here-to-execute-a-murderer-zil-sai_3147360.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10d/michael-grant-1391_astrid_we-re-here-to-execute-a-murderer-zil-sai_3147360.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We’re here to execute a murderer,” Zil said, pointing at Hunter. “We are bringing justice in the name of all…” — Michael Grant", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Where’s Sam?” Brianna asked. “He’s out. So is Edilio,” Dekka said. “You going to tell us what’s in the bag or do we have to guess?” Brianna stopped. She was disappointed. In her imagination the big revelation would have been to an admiring Sam Temple. He was the one she wanted to impress. Failing that, Edilio, who was generally warm and sweet to her. But she was tired and wanted to put the bag down. Also, she couldn’t keep the secret any longer. She climbed nimbly up to the top deck of the boat, grinned, and said, “Is it anyone’s birthday? Because I have a present.” “Breeze,” Dekka warned. So Brianna opened the bag. Dekka looked inside. “What is it?” So Brianna upended the bag. Dead lizards, broken eggs, and Drake’s head landed on the antiskid flooring. “Ahhhh!” Astrid screamed. “Ah, Jesus!” Dekka yelled. “I know,” Brianna said proudly. What lay there was something to strike envy into the heart of a horror movie special-effects expert. The two halves of Drake’s head had started to rejoin. But because the halves had been tossed wildly together, the process was very incomplete. Very. In fact at the moment the halves were backward, so that the left half was looking one direction and the right half another. Sections of neck and spine stuck both up and down. The part that held most of Drake’s mouth was stuffed with hair from the back of his head. And, somehow, bits of dead lizard were squeezed in between. But the dead lizards thus incorporated were no longer dead. And there was egg white smeared across one eye. The mouth was trying to speak and not managing it. A lizard tail whipped one eye—hard to tell if it was left or right—a parody of Drake’s whip arm. The three of them stared: Astrid with blue eyes wide, hand over mouth; Dekka with mouth wide open and brow furrowed; Brianna like a proud school kid showing off her art project. “Ta-da!” Brianna said.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Grant" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/where-s-sam-brianna-asked-he-s-out-so-is-edilio-dekka-said-you-going/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c1/michael-grant-1391_astrid-ellison_where-s-sam-brianna-asked-he-s-out-so-is_1022469.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c1/michael-grant-1391_astrid-ellison_where-s-sam-brianna-asked-he-s-out-so-is_1022469.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c1/michael-grant-1391_astrid-ellison_where-s-sam-brianna-asked-he-s-out-so-is_1022469.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Where’s Sam?” Brianna asked. “He’s out. So is Edilio,” Dekka said. “You going to tell us what’s in the bag…” — Michael Grant", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He’s a murdering chud,” Zil was yelling. “What do you want to do? Lynch him?” Astrid demanded. That stopped the flow for a second as kids tried to figure out what “lynch” meant. But Zil quickly recovered. “I saw him do it. He used his powers to kill Harry.” “I was trying to stop you from smashing my head in!” Hunter shouted. “You’re a lying mutant freak!” “They think they can do anything they want,” another voice shouted. Astrid said, as calmly as she could while still pitching her voice to be heard, “We are not going down that path, people, dividing up between freaks and normals.” “They already did it!” Zil cried. “It’s the freaks acting all special and like their farts don’t stink.” That earned a laugh. “And now they’re starting to kill us,” Zil cried. Angry cheers. Edilio squared his shoulders and stepped into the crowd. He went first to Hank, the kid with the shotgun. He tapped him on the shoulder and said, “Give me that thing.” “No way,” Hank said. But he didn’t seem too certain. “You want to have that thing fire by accident and blow someone’s face off?” Edilio held his hand out. “Give it to me, man.” Zil rounded on Edilio. “You going to make Hunter give up his weapon? Huh? He’s got powers, man, and that’s okay, but the normals can’t have any weapon? How are we supposed to defend ourselves from the freaks?” “Man, give it a rest, huh?” Edilio said. He was doing his best to sound more weary than angry or scared. Things were already bad enough. “Zil, you want to be responsible if that gauge goes off and kills Astrid? You want to maybe give that some thought?” Zil blinked. But he said, “Dude, I’m not scared of Sam.” “Sam won’t be your problem, I will be,” Edilio snapped, losing patience. “Anything happens to her, I’ll take you down before Sam ever gets the chance.” Zil snorted derisively. “Ah, good little boy, Edilio, kissing up to the chuds. I got news for you, dilly dilly, you’re a lowly normal, just like me and the rest of us.\" “I’m going to let that go,” Edilio said evenly, striving to regain his cool, trying to sound calm and in control, even though he could hardly take his eyes off the twin barrels of the shotgun. “But now I’m taking that shotgun.” “No way!” Hank cried, and the next thing was an explosion so loud, Edilio thought a bomb had gone off. The muzzle flash blinded him, like camera flash going off in his face. Someone yelled in pain. Edilio staggered back, squeezed his eyes shut, trying to adjust. When he opened them again the shotgun was on the ground and the boy who’d accidentally fired it was holding his bruised hand, obviously shocked. Zil bent to grab the gun. Edilio took two steps forward and kicked Zil in the face. As Zil fell back Edilio made a grab for the shotgun. He never saw the blow that turned his knees to water and filled his head with stars. He fell like a sack of bricks, but even as he fell he lurched forward to cover the shotgun. Astrid screamed and launched herself down the stairs to protect Edilio. Antoine, the one who had hit Edilio, was raising his bat to hit Edilio again, but on the back swing he caught Astrid in the face. Antoine cursed, suddenly fearful. Zil yelled, “No, no, no!” There was a sudden rush of running feet. Down the walkway, into the street, echoing down the block.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Grant" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/he-s-a-murdering-chud-zil-was-yelling-what-do-you-want-to-do-lynch/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d31/michael-grant-1391_argue_he-s-a-murdering-chud-zil-was-yelling-wh_1705546.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d31/michael-grant-1391_argue_he-s-a-murdering-chud-zil-was-yelling-wh_1705546.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d31/michael-grant-1391_argue_he-s-a-murdering-chud-zil-was-yelling-wh_1705546.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He’s a murdering chud,” Zil was yelling. “What do you want to do? Lynch him?” Astrid demanded. 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