Simon: Whoopee doo, it's chapter 2.
Jace: Who says stuff like that?
Simon: Apparently I do. Anyway. Ryan's hand is still recovering so he will not be writing in this chapter.
Ryan: I CAN BUT ONLY IN SLOPPY CAPITAL LETTERS! JACE! MALEDICTI UMBRA VENANDI! EGO NUMQUAM DIMITTET VOBIS!
Jace: Ooh, you speak Latin, big deal. Es et draconi qui est.
Ryan: TE ODIO. GO AWAY.
Simon: English, please?
Jace: Google Translate it, Daylighter. Latin to English.
Simon: I can't, I have to write.
The Arts. Interesting Chapter name at least.
The Codex has its moments.-J.H.
SHUT UP AND LET HIM WRITE.-R.N.
Also, I was being sarcastic.-S.L.
Basically they are stressing the importance of learning how to fight and kill stuff in multiple ways.
I CAN FIGHT AND KILL STUFF IN MULTIPLE WAYS. WELL, I COULD IF A STUPID SHADOWHUNTER PREDJIDICED AGAINST DOWNWORLDERS HADN'T SPLASHED ME WITH HOLY WATER!-R.N.
I am not prejudiced against Downworlders. That's TECHNIALLY against the Law. You'll find that out later on.-J.H.
WE CAN'T ALL OPERATE ON TECHNICALITIES CAN WE, HERONDALE?!-R.N.
LET ME WRITE! STOP PASSING THE LAPTOP BACK AND FORTH YOU IDIOTS!-S.L.
Ok. So interesting tidbit here: Marks of Raziel help physical traits, but the Shadowhunters make you learn it yourself first. I find that interesting because that means they ARE preparing you for that inevitable time when they don't have a stele. They also encourage you to travel around in the mundane world and get used to it instead of cowering in Alicante. And since I'm using Clary's copy of the Codex to rewrite it, there is a schedule in here designed by Jace and edited by Clary, but I'll save you the misery of reading it.
It's actually really boring.
There's something about not being an expert in everything here...Oh wait, not interesting, though a good thing to point out. Jace would do well to learn that lesson.
I have. I am a humble person.-J.H.
HAHAHAHAHA!-R.N.
I'll do you all a favor and skip the criteria for Beginner, Intermediate and Expert, and summarize the firearms sidebar: They don't work for the purpose Shadowhunters need them for. But they do like torturing us poor vampires and werewolves with them.
We do not. That is a hurtful stereotype.-J.H.
But not an exaggeration.-S.L.
So. My definition of the parabatai tradition is: A Bromance of Very Heavy Duty Proportions. And Jace actually agreed with me in the original Codex, so I will leave it at that.
SIDE NOTE! PARABATAI AREN'T ALLOWED TO MARRY! -R.N.
Sorry about that. Forgot all about it.-S.L.
Next section: Basically, If you don't know what a demon is, call up your local Institute and describe it to them, and let those with experience handle it.
And that brings us to the conclusion of this chapter. Goodbye. -S.L.
Jace: I like your revising better than Ryan's.
Ryan: ONLY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T APPRECIATE THE PURE GENIUS OF THE EX-SHADOWHUNTER VAMPIRE, RYAN NIGHTSCAR!