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Beckendorf, whose legs were now working fine (nothing like being chased by a huge monster to get your body back in order) shook his head and gasped for breath. You shouldn't have turned it on! It's unstable! After a few years, automatons go wild!

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I had weird dreams full of barnyard animals. Most of them wanted to kill me. The rest wanted food.

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Because I know you, Percy Jackson. In many ways, you are impulsive, but when it comes to your friends, you are as constant as a compass needle. You are unswervingly loyal, and you inspire loyalty. You are the glue that will unite the seven.

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It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.

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He scowled at Jason. "And please, I don't like being touched. Don't ever grab me again.

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Akmon squealed with delight. I knew you were as smart as Hercules! I will call you Black Bottom, the Sequel!

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Think about Isis, Jaz repeated. And Sadie…there is a purpose. You taught us that. We choose to believe in Ma'at. We create order out of chaos, beauty and meaning out of ugly randomness. That's what Egypt is all about. That's why its name, its ren, has endured for millennia. Don't despair. Otherwise Chaos wins.

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We are servants of Ma'at—order and justice. We don't kill our enemies for things they might do in the future.

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Carter Kane, 14, died tragically in Paris when he was eaten by his sister's cat Muffin.

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Where are you taking us?" Nico said. "You should be honored, my boy. You will have the opportunity to join a great army! Just like that silly game you play with cards and dolls." "They're not dolls! They're figurines! And you can take your great army and—

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Frank had decided that whatever his fate was, he wouldn't worry about it. He would just do the best he could to help his friends.

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I will deny I ever said this, of course, but the gods need heroes. They always have. Otherwise we would not keep you annoying little brats around." I feel so wanted. Thanks.

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Everybody loves to show up at the party once all the hard work is done.

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You're Bes, I guess?" I said. "Yes," he said. "Your car's a mess," Liz muttered. "If one more person rhymes," Emma grumbled, "I'll throw up.

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My mother was gone. The whole world should be black and cold. Nothing should look beautiful.

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Glancing back I got my first clear look at the monster. He was seven feet tall, easy, his arms and legs like something from the cover of Muscle Man magazine-bulging biceps and triceps and a bunch of other 'ceps, all stuffed like baseballs under vein-webbed skin. He wore no clothes except underwear-I mean, bright white fruit of the Looms.

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Butch hesitated. "Annabeth's okay. You gotta cut her some slack. She had a vision telling her to come here, to find a guy with one shoe. That was supposed to be the answer to her problem." "What Problem?" Piper asked. "She's been looking for one of our campers, who's been missing three days," Butch said. "She's going out of her mind with worry. She hoped he'd be here." "Who?" Jason asked. "Her boyfriend," Butch said, "A guy named Percy Jackson.

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Could I just use the loo? I asked the nice officer. No. She closed the door in my face, As if I might rig an explosion in the toilet. Honestly.

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Do yourself a favor,' I said. "Forget it. Forget you ever saw me." "Forget that you tried to kill me too?" "Yeah. That, too." "But who are you?" "Percy-" I started to say. Then the skeletons turned around. "Gotta go!" "What kind of name is Percy Gotta-go?" I bolted for the exit.

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Running with a drowsy child of Hades was more like doing a 3 -legged race with a life size rag doll.

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I didn't answer, but, please—nothing is obvious with boys. For such simple creatures, they are quite baffling.

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Yeah, flattering." Percy raised Riptide. "But actually I m the son of Poseidon. I m from Camp Half-Blood.

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Which meant his only assets were one whiny imprisoned goddess, one sort-of-girlfriend with a dagger, and Leo, who apparently thought he could defeat the armies of darkness with breath mints.

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She sacrificed her life to make things right," Mitchell grumbled. "She[Silena Beuregard] was a hero

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But... you're still getting married?" Grover sounded hurt. "Who's the bride?" Ploypemus looked toward the boiling pot. Clarisse made a strangled sound. "Oh, no! You can't be serious. I'm not-

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Two farewell gifts," Sadie muttered, "from two gorgeous guys. I hate my life.

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Oh, god, I said. Sorry, sorry. Do I die now? —Sadie to Zia

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I tried to talk to Annabeth, but she was acting like I'd just punched her grandmother.

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I looked at the campers, all of them grim and determined. I tried not to feel like this was the last time I'd ever see them all together. 'You're the greatest heroes of this millennium,' I told them. 'It doesn't matter how many monsters come at you. Fight bravely, and we will win.' I raised Riptide and shouted, 'FOR OLYMPUS!' They shouted in response, and our forty voices echoed off the buildings of Midtown.

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I concentrated hard and snapped my fingers. "You don't see the sword," I told the girl. "It's just a ballpoint pen." She blinked. "Um... no. It's a sword, weirdo.

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