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The prophecy came through, Apollo fell and so did Python. The two fight each other still as they fumble downwards into the River Styx. The river saps Apollo's memories and starts to pry open the cracks in Lester.
Inside the Tower of Nero—Nero’s lair—Lu will help Apollo destroy Nero’s fasces, the axe that holds his life force and an important symbol throughout the novel. Apollo stages the murder attempt by throwing Lu off a roof in view of Nero’s surveillance cameras.
Apollo receives a prophecy from a two-headed snake that is killed by a Gaul named Luguselwa whom Meg calls Lu. She takes them to another car and tells them to ask to go to the bathroom when they reach the tunnel.
Apollo helps Meg put the wind chimes on the largest tree, which gives a prophecy to Apollo. Meg releases him from her service and runs away, insisting that Nero isn't “the Beast” and there's still hope for him.
The arrow of Dodona sacrifices itself to defeat Python and finishes Python's prophecy, saying that Apollo will fall, but must also rise again. Apollo manages to blind Python and make him loosen his hold by hitting Python in the eyes with the Arrow of Dodona as well as his elbow.
After they discuss a way to sabotage Nero's Greek fire vats with the help of the troglodytes, a species of good diggers, Rachel suddenly spouts the final couplet of the prophecy, but Python has meddled with it. The cattle, revealed to be the Tauri Silvestres, attack, and the five manage to escape.
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Dec 13, 2020 · Detailed Summary. On a train to New York, Meg and Apollo meet an amphisbaena which gives another stanza of the prophecy. Nero’s soldiers attack them. One of them is a Gaul named Luguselwa or “Lu.” She helps Meg and Lester escape. Lu has known Meg all the girl’s life.
