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Shadow and the Madman

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"The madman looked at him, then he nodded and twisted his head down and around, as if he were trying to remove a crick from his neck. Eventually he said, "Do you know me?"
"No," said Shadow.
"I know you. I watched you in Cairo. I watched you after. My sister likes you."
"You are...." the name escaped him.
Eats roadkill. Yes. "You are Horus."
The madman nodded. "Horus," he said. "I am the falcon of the morning, the hawk of the afternoon. I am the sun, as you are. And I know the true name of Ra. My mother told me."
"That's great," said Shadow, politely."
- American Gods by Neil Gaiman.

This is a piece of my final work for univeristy; a set of illustrations for one of my favourite books ever. Shadow dying on the tree is visited by a mad Egyptian god.
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I like how you interpreted this scene for your illustration. I reread American Gods two months ago.