A telkhine was hunched over a console, but he was so involved with his work, he didn't notice us. He was about five feet tall, with slick black seal fur and stubby little feet. He had the head of a Doberman, but his clawed hands were almost human. He growled and muttered as he tapped on his keyboard. Maybe he was messaging his friends on uglyface.com.

I'm nobody's sidekick," Annabeth growled. "And, Percy, his accent sounds familiar because he sounds like his mother. We killed her in New Jersey.

Do you mean ter tell me," he growled at the Dursleys, "that this boy-this boy!-knows nothin' abou'-about ANYTHING?

"Fleet kept running," Kaladin growled, getting back under Elhokar's arm.