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Staying silent, staying away from him... that was the hardest thing I've ever done.
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Artemis smiled. "You have done well, my lieutenant. You have made me proud, and all those Hunters who perished in my service will never be forgotten. They will achieve Elysium, I am sure." She glared pointedly at Hades. He shrugged. "Probably." Artemis glared at him some more. Okay," Hades grumbled. "I'll streamline their application process.
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Safety from what? Who's after me?" Oh, nobody much," Grover said, obviously still miffed about the donkey comment. "Just the Lord of the Dead and a few of his blood-thirstiest minions.
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Oh, did you expect me to play fair?" Cupid laughed. "I am the god of love. I am never fair.
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I'll let you and Zia have some quality time," she told me. "Just the two of you and your coat.
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The Feast of Fortuna had nothing to do with tuna, which was fine with Percy.
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Wow. When he started looking back on the war with Kronos as the good old days—that was sad.
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But magic is neither good nor evil. It is a tool, like a knife. Is a knife evil? Only if the wielder is evil.
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You must carry on my spirit. It can no longer be carried by a god. It must be taken up by all of you. - Pan
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Carter started down the stairs, but I grabbed his arm. Hang on. What about traps? He frowned. Traps? Didn't Egyptian tombs have traps? Well…sometimes. But this isn't a tomb. Besides, more often they had curses, like the burning curse, the donkey curse— Oh, lovely. That sounds so much better.
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It wasn't exactly like talking, but it went something like this: Could you give us a ride north, Percy asked, like as close to Portland as possible? Eat seals, the whale responded. Are you seals? No, Percy admitted. I've got a man satchel full of macrobiotic beef jerky, though. The whale shuddered. Promise not to feed me this, and I will take you north. Deal.
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Hephaestus glowered up at us. I didn't make you, did I? Uh, Annabeth said, no, sir. Good, the god grumbled. Shoddy workmanship.
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Wha-what?" Her eyes fluttered open. "Nothing," I shouted. "We're being followed by a slaying machine. Go back to sleep.
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Percy, meet Gladiola. Gladiola, Percy." I stared at Annabeth, figuring she'd crack up at this practical joke they were playing on me, but she looked deadly serious. "I'm not saying hello to a pink poodle," I said. "Forget it." "Percy," Annabeth said. "I said hello to the poodle. You say hello to the poodle." The poodle growled. "I said hello to the poodle.
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Doughboy," I said. "What is this scroll?" "A spell lost in time!" he pronounced. "Ancient words of tremendous power!" "Well?" I demanded. "Does it tell how to defeat Set?" "Better! The title reads: The Book of Summoning Fruit Bats!
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Grover and Nico came back from their walk, and Grover helped me fix up my wounded arm. "It's green!" Nico said with delight.
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But who are you?" Percy—" I started to say. Then the skeletons turned around. "Gotta go!" What kind of name is Percy Gotta-go?
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If possible, try to avoid pushing each other over the edge, as that would cause me extra paperwork.
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I've been waiting a long time for a quest, seaweed brain," she said. "Athena is no fan of Poseidon, but if you're going to save the world, I'm the best person to keep you from messing up.
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Ah... Much better" he said. "Backbiter, Luke called it. An appropriate name. Now that it is reforged completely, it shall indeed bite back.
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Doughboy, we need to talk. Doughboy opened his wax eyes. Finally! You realize how stuffy it is in there? At last you've remembered that you need my brilliant guidance. Actually we need to become a coat.
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If Annabeth's mother was Athena, the goddess of wisdom, then why didn't Annabeth know better than to fall off a cliff?
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In case you're wondering, the underside of a sheep doesn't smell that great. Imagine a winter sweater that's been dragged through the mud and left in the laundry hamper for a week. Something like that.
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I'm not usually an eavesdropper, but i dare you to try not listening if you hear your best friend talking about you to an adult.
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Can't this thing go any faster? Thalia demanded. Zoe glared at her. I cannot control traffic. You both sound like my mother, I said. Shut up! they both said in union.
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No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love.
Edvard Munch
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Born:
June 5, 1964
(age 59)
Bio:
Richard Russell "Rick" Riordan, Jr. is an American author. He is known for writing the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, which is about a twelve-year-old boy who discovers he is a son of Poseidon.
Known for:
The Lightning Thief (2005)
The Lost Hero (2010)
The Blood of Olympus (2014)
The Last Olympian (2009)
The Hidden Oracle (2016)
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