We only had an entry for plain water.
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The ninety-nine years is nearly up, so trouble may soon be
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heard of on the road between Hurworth and Neasham.
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[ A Dictionary of Fairies, by Katharine Briggs ]
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holy water
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"We want a word with you," said Ligur (in a tone of voice
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intended to imply that "word" was synonymous with "horrifically
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painful eternity"), and the squat demon pushed open the office
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door.
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The bucket teetered, then fell neatly on Ligur's head.
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Drop a lump of sodium in water. Watch it flame and burn and
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spin around crazily, flaring and sputtering. This was like
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that, just nastier.
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The demon peeled and flared and flickered. Oily brown smoke
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oozed from it, and it screamed and it screamed and it screamed.
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Then it crumpled, folded in on itself, and what was left lay
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glistening on the burnt and blackened circle of carpet, looking
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like a handful of mashed slugs.
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"Hi," said Crowley to Hastur, who had been walking behind Ligur,
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and had unfortunately not been so much as splashed.
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There are some things that are unthinkable; there are some
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depths that not even demons would believe other demons would
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stoop to.
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". . . Holy water. You bastard," said Hastur. "You complete
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_bastard_. He hadn't never done nothing to _you_."
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"Yet," corrected Crowley.
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[ Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett ]
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hom*nculus
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A homunculus is a creature summoned by a mage to perform some
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particular task. They are particularly good at spying. They
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