I stood before her, my basket in my hands. I felt its edge crush in my grip. The stench was so foul that my eyes watered, making the shape in front of me shift and shimmer in the dim light.
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     Daisy was smaller than I had expected. From the shoulders down to her haunches she was about the size and shape of a large dog, and her broad paws ended in claws, each as long as my thumb. Her body, covered with reddish scales, curled around to a long, thick tail like a lizard's. But what kept my attention were her heads.

     This passage stuck out the most to me because it introduces, and starts to describe, the most interesting and short lived character. This character go by the name Daisy because nobody can pronouce her full name. She is the child of the sky and the mountain Sami and is the most vile of creatures. When first seen by Telemachos, she is sitting on what appears to be a pile of mud. It's not. She never leaves the cave and never moves. Another interesting thing about her, is that she knows all. You could say she was like the Oracle of Sami. She comes to an untimely when a boulder falls on her.