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I nod Blending in would be good for recon I need to study Daphne’s movements, just like I did with that hydra I hunted down last year for the Feast of Return I stalked its o Where it ate and slept Where it was most vulnerable … before I made"Now don’t lose these," he says, handing me three small cards made out of a thin, hard material Two haveset of numbers "Two IDs and a credit card This ID says you’re sixteen; the other one says you’re twenty-one You’ll never knohich age will benefit you s Simon set up the account and will handle the bills--whichyou spend oing to be yourto bestow on me some kind of enchanted sword or maybe even some poison-tipped arrows, but instead he pulls out a thin, black rectangle with a reflective screen It looks almost identical to the white co

"What is that thing?" I ask, pretending that I have never seen anything like it

"It’s an iPhone," he says "And it’s the most important tool you’ll need in the er across the screen and the thing comes to life He presses on the different icons, and shows me the functions of the device "They’ve improved since the last time I was here It’s so fast And so thin" He aliddy as Simon "Its primary function is communication Somewhat like the talismans the Court uses, except it only transports your voice, not an astral projection of yourself"

I nod I’ve heard the Heirs speak of their communication talismans but I’ve never actually seen one I doubt they look anything like this iPhone object

Dax hits a few icons and then scrolls through what looks like a list of names He finds his own na noise comes from his pocket He pulls another iPhone out and shows it to ot to do is hit my name and it’ll call h these

"However, this next feature is the most important" He clicks on an icon that says YouTube and holds the phone up in front of ht to learn? Someone demonstrates and then we repeat his movements?"

"Yes" The Underlords are naturalthe ability to do just about anything in amyself--can master any new skill in a matter of minutes It’s how I’ve excelled in my lessons Humans don’t have the sa to Master Crue’s many lectures

"Well, the same watch, absorb, repeat method also applies to recorded videos"

"Videos?"

"I’ll show you" Dax taps icons of letters, spelling out the words how to juggle "We’ll start with so easy"

I watch as a prepubescent boy with a face full of pus-filled lesions appears on the screen He holds three round objects in his hands I listen and absorb as the boy dele the objects When the demonstration ends, Dax hands me three apples from the bowl on the table

"Try it," he says