Antarktos Rising (Chapters 41-60) Flashcards
1
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ferrell had bee gone a week and they started a campfire to
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cook a small mammal
2
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define “with relish”
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**noun
1.
liking or enjoyment of the taste of something.
2.
pleasurable appreciation of anything; liking:
He has no relish for obscene jokes.
3.
Cookery. a. something savory or appetizing added to a meal, as pickles or olives.
b. a sweet pickle made of various vegetables, usually chopped or minced.
c. an appetizer or hors d’oeuvre.
4.
a pleasing or appetizing flavor.
5.
a pleasing or enjoyable quality.
6.
a taste or flavor.
7.
a smack, trace, or touch of something.
3
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cruz questioned merrill about
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GOd
4
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merrill lectured about the biblical
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flood.
5
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common arguments against the biblical flood include that there is not enough
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water on earth. but maybe the marianea trench that is 36 ft deep was actually caused by the flood maybe water pressure weakened the crust
6
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whitney piped in for the kill of the flood argument by asking
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what about gilgamesh
7
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merrill felt that the problem with both science and religion is that
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they both rely on a few comfortable theories
8
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merrill felt that the big bang was proof of
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god’s existence. life emerging at random seems less likely
9
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merrill felt that modern science was becoming the
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new church
10
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cruz wanted physical evidence of the flood and merrill added
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70 pct of the earth’s surface is covered in sedimentary rock - the resst is volcanic igneous and metamorphic
11
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merrill also added this evidence for the flood
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that sedimentary rock is at the top of mt everest either te water was that igh or it formed after the flood covered the ground
12
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wright questioned how could they have brought 2 of every animal and merrill answered
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that species descended and that science has no probem with the flood account
13
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who else did merrill say may have survived the flood with noah and his family
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the nephilium
14
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when ferrell crashed back into camp she yelled
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for them to put out the fire
15
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alaziz went slowly because of the weight
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of the explosives tied around him
16
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alaziz longed for the dry desert because
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it was too humid there. he didnt think the arabs would even want it but they would want the americans from having it
17
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when alaziz fell down the hill he was most afraid
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of failing at the task at hand
18
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after alaziz fell down the hill he spied
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the bodies of the european team and a grenade but knew the grenade could not have caused all that damage becuase the trees were still standing
19
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when alaziz came across a cleared path he though that
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allah had cleared the path for him and allah had come to earth
20
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what did alaziz take from a european body
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a canteen of water
21
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as they patched ferrells wounds she told them about
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popova’s death and being chased by a large animal
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ferrell evaded the animal by
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jumpin a 100ft cliff into water breaking her fingers and losing her pack and her sniper weapons
23
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ferrell said the animal was not
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a crlophosaurus it was intelligent and thinking and plotting; merrill was convinces they were chyrlos
24
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whitney stunk more than the other becuase of
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her big breasts
25
what noise always announced a crylosaurus was coming
a sandpaper noise
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vesuvius barked, cruz said shut p the crylos were coming... merrill said to take a
defensible position and only get attacked from one side. they cornered into a u shape area
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general kuan yin zhou threw
grenades and grabbed a dead man's weapon he finally realized that his son had been taken from above!
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zhou first thought the noise was a large tank group but then realized
it was 4 huge animals whose wounds would fade after they got hurt
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zhou tried to use rocket propulsion, one grabbed him and he
flew over the jungle cracking his spine dead before he hit the ground
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define crescendo
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1.
Music. a.a gradual, steady increase in loudness or force.
b.a musical passage characterized by such an increase.
c.the performance of a crescendo passage:
The crescendo by the violins is too abrupt.
2.
a steady increase in force or intensity:
The rain fell in a crescendo on the rooftops.
3.
the climactic point or moment in such an increase; peak:
The authorities finally took action when public outrage reached a crescendo.
31
once in the defensive position wright ordered them to
switch to explosive rounds but merrill had a tiny 9mm and a sword; whitney finally addressed the possibilty of God
32
define "perilous"
xxadjective
1.
involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous:
a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat
33
10 crylos lunged forward, whit shot and got knocked off her feet, looking up she saw that
2 more crylos were above her; grabbed 9mm wouldn;t work
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the smooth headed man came from above to save whitney and
plunged a knife into the crylos throat everyone was bloodies but survived
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the smooth headed mans name was
ian jacobson, the last surviving european
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they asked ferrell if these were her attackers and she said no my attackers were
larger
37
at noon al aziz received a beep to
pray salat
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what problem happened at prayer time
his compass couldn;t indicate porper direction to mecca but he knew how to work around it
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al aziz always prayed
loudly
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internet had taught al aziz that simple outreach was
not enough; hatred filtered into mainstream muslim
41
when al aziz finished prayer he uttered a loud amen and noticed
odd looking birds with blue red and purple plumage
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when he saw the birds al aziz thought
god had answered his prayers he left his machete and weapon; he though perhaps he was the next great prophet; then he saw what was lef tof the european hanging on meat hooks and he vomited
43
merrill hoped that the crylos brains were not big enough to
hold grudges
44
what landform did they come to that was strange
neatly laid 5 ft stalks like a crop; ferrell said they would have to go through there was no way around; wright didnt like that it was a man made field how could that be? merrill had the answer - nephilim
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merrill started to wonder if the man made wall was to
kepp crylos away
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the nephilim are mentioned in
genesis 6:4
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in the middle of the field wright said
no more talking til we are across
48
on the mountain mapp was the symbol of a
human skull. was it a warning?
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on the map near the mountain there were
2 large feet that were larger and stronger than elsewhere on the map
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the map got caught in the wind, merrill chased it and stumbled across the
chinese dead.
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where they saw the dead chinese, jacobson also noted that there was
a crop circle; he felt that the nephilim did this with their demonic powers
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after the crop circles, merrill had everyone stay off the clear paths and
go through the stalks, eventually they set up camp with no smoke no light; merill and mira smelled smoke
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who stayed back at camp
merrill and vesuvious (old and loud)
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what did whitney do when she left camp
tie a banadana on her head to hide blond hair
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where was the smoke coming from
a blazing bonfirewith a man with a thick belt muttering
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ferrell told the dark skinned man at the fire to take
his hand off the detonator
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around the fire was a
giant clearing. no traps, but horror stone altars, wooden stakes in a circle, human chinese heads and crylos nailed
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define macabre
xxadjective
1.
gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible.
2.
of, pertaining to, dealing with, or representing death, especially its grimmer or uglier aspect.
3.
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define sinewy
xxadjective
1.
having strong sinews :
a sinewy back.
2.
of or like sinews; tough, firm, braided, or resilient:
a sinewy rope.
3.
having conspicuous sinews; stringy:
tough, sinewy meat.
4.
vigorous or forceful, as language, style, etc.:
a sinewy argument.
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when wright saw the horror at the camp he thought
al aziz did i
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wright allowed al alziz to join them once he realized he didnt do it but wright still had conditions
al aziz had to forefiet at end, no weapon alng and no opnion
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al aziz lied to wright that
the bomb could not be removed without going off
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jacobson wanted al aziz to tell them
about the giants
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al azizi said that the giants
carved them, ate them, sang incantations, and put bodies in their packs
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al aziz waited there three days for the giants to return so he could
blow them up and do some good for what he had seen
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al azizi said that the giants were tall and could carry
whole trees
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the nephalimim are the devils
children
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merrill had run into terrorosts before when he was
digging in israel. his friends were killed by a suicide bomer in a market
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when al aziz asked for forgiveness
merrill changed his heart and embraced him
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GOd grieved man and wanted to wipe him from the face of the earth but
noah had found gods favor ut the nephalimim must have survived to
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how do fallen angels reproduce
they have free will and lusted after humans and took human form
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jesus blood line was pure from nephalaim becuase
noah to david to jesus; genealogy preserved for god's son
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the map may have been drawn by a
nephalimim who were boat builders and navigators
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describe the nephalim
odd parentage, no soulds, dead shall not rise but can be killed (like the flood) , double rows of teeth, red hair, 6 toes, 6 fingers, horns
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who might have been nephaliim
the canannites?
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jacobson noted that there have been more
crop circles every year and all over th eworld; the nephalim may have tainted the population and god is clearing it out again, might be of average size due to selective breeding
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the nephalim envy
human souls and their resurrection
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jacobson requested the rear of the unit so he would
not be as distracted by whitney
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trees get shorter as the elevaton
gets higher
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the obelisk that they came across, ferrell climbed up to an noticed that it had
one heiroglyph about 10 feet up and not covered all over like egyptian ones
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the symbol on the obelisk matched one that
jacobson had seen on a crop circle in england was it a mile marker or a tomb stone? couldit be as simple as a keep out sign?
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whitney still wondered if al aziz keeping his bomb was a
trick
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whitney fell, vesuvius barked, merrill yelled, jacobson
swooped her up and kisse dher. she thought about sam and then something came from above and yanked jacobson - dead
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as jacobson was grabbed from above someone noticed
huge set of legs 100 ft away, wright set up exploding rounds and told them to run like hell as the legs quickly healed
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merrill didnt think he could run anymore until whitney threathened that
she would stay with him
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define pell mell
xxadverb
1.
in disorderly, headlong haste; in a recklessly hurried manner.
2.
in a confused or jumbled mass, crowd, manner, etc.:
The crowd rushed pell-mell into the store when the doors opened.
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the giants seemed to find pain
pleasurable
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the giants wore
golden metal bands around their heads with the same symbol as in the crop circle
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when the giants saw that merrill had the sword they asked
in english where did you get this
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the giants blew
purple dust onto merrill and mira and threw them asleep over their shoulders
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define obscured
xxadjective, obscurer, obscurest.
1.
(of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain:
an obscure sentence in the contract.
2.
not clear to the understanding; hard to perceive:
obscure motivations.
3.
(of language, style, a speaker, etc.) not expressing the meaning clearly or plainly.
4.
indistinct to the sight or any other sense; not readily seen, heard, etc.; faint.
5.
inconspicuous or unnoticeable:
the obscure beginnings of a great movement.
6.
of little or no prominence, note, fame, or distinction:
an obscure French artist.
7.
far from public notice, worldly affairs, or important activities; remote; retired:
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define obscenely
xxadjective
1.
offensive to morality or decency; indecent; depraved:
obscene language.
2.
causing uncontrolled sexual desire.
3.
abominable; disgusting; repulsive.
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once merrill and mira were carried out the group consisted of
vesuvius, wrigt, ferrell, cruz and al aziz
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cruz and al aziz took off with wright yelling for them to
do demolotin on th efly
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cruz and alaziz tried to build something with C4 and a detonator on the run there wasnt time so
al aziz ripped off the vestsealing off an entrance making wright and ferrill and vesuvius safe and trapping 4 giants
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in the explosion alaziz
landed on cruz protecting him from the heat
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after the explosion we find out that wright and ferrell are
married and had been on a yacht vacationing during the catastrophe; if the end was to come they were going to do it together
98
how did ferrell feel for vesuvius
she felt compassion for the first time since wright he had proven himself a loyal and capable warrior; she was too attached to the dog and afraid of loss
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vesuvius didnt want to leave the wall because he sensed that
cruz and al aziz were trapped but left when he realized that ferrell was going to take him to merrill and mira
100
the fortress was surrounded by
walls, gates, toweres, and a crudely sculpted skull
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whitney woke up in nephalimim home how
naked awake and wet
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the heap in whitneys cell was
her fathernaked and shivering so she gave him an amazingly soft blanket
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the nephalimim home was full of craftmanship that was
ancient and smacks of other cultures
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the squares in her cell were big enough for her head to fit in but not
her shoulders
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merrills keen eyes saw something a cell across the way
had bodies stacked 10 feet high
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what did they hear coming toward the cell
a nephaliim and a woman
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merrill heard them called by name and realized that they were
enko enhil sumerian gods
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god of water fertility and creation and mound of creation
enki
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merill said to know thy
enemy
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instructed others to construct ship to get nephalim to antarctica
enki
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what did cruz notice in cave closet
mica - bendable, peelable, he saw it into a trip in canada; not stong prison collapse
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stuck in tunnel, al aziz went first becuase he was
smaller
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aziz told cruz to tie cruz backpack around
aziz foot
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what happened to cruz in tunnel
he got stuck and became unconscious; aziz said he would come back
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aimee came to whit and told her that
she was broght there years ago to teach them the englishlanguage and culture she told them all that they wante dot know
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aimee tipped whit off by sayng bathe you
as I have before
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whit noticed aimee's
gold wedding band and brown skin and realized it was her
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aimee told mira not to tell merrill about her yet becuase
he doesnt think well when overcome with emotion and aimee would return at dawn
119
wright had guilt becuase he left a
man behind; could he have lost 5 in a few hours?
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wright ferrell and vesuvious hid in the boulders by the river like
little grasshippers in sight
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the giants were collecting full logs, vesuvious and ferrell made it to shore wright was on the side of a log whrn
the giant picked it up, he let go and slashed to the river staying underneath so not to draw attention, he held onto a root, holding his breath until he saw a giant take the log away -- he tried to push and had nothing left but vesuvius came to his rescue
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when merrill and mira were taken to the nephalimims the room had
carvings of man vs nephalmim with a deluge
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define deluge
xxnoun
1.
a great flood of water; inundation; flood.
2.
a drenching rain; downpour.
3.
anything that overwhelms like a flood:
a deluge of mail.
4.
the Deluge, flood (def 3).
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1st powerful pagan gods
Arubis, Ibis, ENki, THor
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egyptian jackal
Arubis
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Hermes, bird, son of ENki
Ibis
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crown, yellow eyes, medicine
Enki
128
lightning bolt, twisted orns, god of thunder
Thor
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mira rold merrill to tell the GOds
everything and trust her
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merrill like aziz first though that be confronted with monsters so great
God must be on his side
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what did merrill do when he met the gods
called them all by nameand noticed their metal headbands
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when enki asked merrill to tell him everything he knew
merrill told of parentage, motivation, flood the return to antarktos, and spoke a verse aloud
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enki's father
apollo
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merrill said sons of demons have
tails and wings
135
merrill was an end times
pessimist
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enki told merrill that they would
speak again
