American Gods

I started reading American Gods a few days ago, and am enjoying it. I just read a piece of dialog that made me bust up laughing.

For those who have read the book, Shadow's wandering around the forest, lost, after having been nabbed. He comes across a deer carcass, and finds a feasting raven. They chat, and the raven flies off. A bit later it returns, to coax Shadow to follow it. Here's the dialog that made me start laughing...

"Hey," said Shadow. "Huginn or Muninn, or whoever you are."
The bird turned, head tipped, suspiciously, on one side, and it stared at him with bright eyes.
"Say 'Nevermore,'" said Shadow.
"Fuck you," said the raven.

Heheh, exactly the thing I'd expect a raven to say when presented with that particular request.