How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"The gods do not think of relationships the way we humans do. Their hosts are merely like changes of clothes. That is why the ancient stories seem so mixed up. Sometimes the gods are described as married, or siblings, or parent and child, depending on their hosts." (15.101)
Iskandar's explanation of this phenomenon is still a little weird, but it explains why the family tree of the gods is… complicated. Sometimes it's just easier to say that you're family than to try to define the relationship. Is family always based on blood relationships? Is it always easy to define?
Quote #5
"You think we're hosting gods," I said, absolutely stunned. "That's what you're worried about—just because of something our great-times-a-thousand grandparents did? That's completely daft." (16.152)
So, because of something buried way deep in your ancestral past, you can be captured by magicians and accused of the forbidden act of hosting gods. We're with Sadie: it takes a special kind of paranoia to pursue this line of thought. But the magicians ended up being right, so hey, maybe paranoia is justified when you live in a world filled with crazy magic.
Quote #6
I didn't want to admit it, but I couldn't stand the thought of being separated from Sadie again. She wasn't much, but she was all I had. (6.172)
Progressing from "can't stand the sight of your sibling" to "would rather have them around than not" sounds good, right? But Sadie and Carter have a lot further to go if they're going to work as a family team to defeat the forces of chaos.