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c7dfc38
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A wind that blows aimlessly is no good to anyone.
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wisdom
purpose
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Rick Riordan |
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961d14d
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Percy looked at Coach Hedge and Frank. "A trap?" "Probably," Frank said. "She's not mortal," Hedge said, sniffing the air. "Probably some kind of goat-eating, demigod-destroying fiend from Tartarus." "No doubt," Percy agreed. "Awesome." Hedge grinned. "Let's go."
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humor
percy-jackson
percy-jackson-and-the-olympians
the-mark-of-athena
frank-zhang
the-heroes-of-olympus
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Rick Riordan |
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7b7518c
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Sometimes small things can become very large, indeed.
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inspirational
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Rick Riordan |
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2dd0661
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So . . . what is this fire river called?" "The Phlegethon," [Annabeth] said. "You should concentrate on going down." "The ?" [Percy] shinnied along the ledge. They'd made it roughly a third of the way down the cliff--still high enough up to die if they fell. "Sounds like a marathon for hawking spitballs." "Please don't make me laugh," she said. "Just trying to keep things light."
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percy-jackson
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Rick Riordan |
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9dc69c5
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Nico leaned over and plucked a grape. Probably that was the guy's entire diet for the day.
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Rick Riordan |
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37001b4
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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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emma
kane-chronicles
sadie
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Rick Riordan |
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18bad35
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I hadn't seen my dad get violent since the Great Spatula Incident, and I wasn't anxious to see a repeat of that.
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Rick Riordan |
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c291686
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No hero is above fear, Percy. And you have risen above every hero. - Poseidon
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Rick Riordan |
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db93b65
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The the glow become brighter: a holographic golden sickle with a few sheaves of wheat, rotating just above Meg McCaffrey. A boy in the crowd gasped. 'She's a communist!' A girl who'd been sitting at Cabin Four's table gave him a disgusted sneer. 'No, Damien, that's my mom's symbol.
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humour
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Rick Riordan |
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a3641d0
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But Grover's voice was already growing fainter. 'Sweet dreams. Don't let me die!
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Rick Riordan |
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9ad91bc
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The Friday before winter break, my mom packed me an overnight bag and a few deadly weapons and took me to a new boarding school.
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fiction
funny
fantasy
intense
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Rick Riordan |
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499da1b
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Wisdom's daughter walks alone. That didn't just mean without other people, Annabeth realized. It meant without any special powers.
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athena
mark-of-athena
prophecy
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Rick Riordan |
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d417797
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Percy imagined what that would be like: getting an apartment in this tiny replica of Rome, protected by the legion and Terminus the OCD border god. He imagined holding hands with Annabeth at a cafe. Maybe when they were older, watching their own kid chase seagulls across the forum...
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Rick Riordan |
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dc153f7
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Mussolini?" Leo frowned. "Wasn't he like BFFs with Hitler?"
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i-just-lost-it
omg-leo
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Rick Riordan |
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802a91f
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Nico drew his sword. His smile was even more unsettling than his scowl. "Underground," he said. "My favorite place." Underground was Jason's favorite place."
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percy-jackson
house-of-hades
jason-grace
nico-di-angelo
rick-riordan
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Rick Riordan |
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1f9fd36
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Leo could run pretty fast when someone was trying to kill him. Sadly, he'd had a lot of practice.
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Rick Riordan |
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894c830
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Chiron insisted that we talk about the Labyrinth in the morning which is like 'Hey, your life's in mortal danger. Sleep tight!
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Rick Riordan |
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b496704
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Leo smiled nervously. Maybe he and Percy did share something else - a stupid sense of humour. 'Yeah, I bet that would totally be against her sponsorship deal. THOSE ARE NOT THE OFFICIAL SHOES OF THE OLYMPICS! YOU WILL DIE NOW!' Hazel rolled her eyes. 'You're both impossible.' Behind Leo, a thunderous voice shook the ruins: 'YOU WILL DIE NOW!
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nike
percy-jackson
leo-valdez
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Rick Riordan |
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fd8972c
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So few people did good in their lives. It was depressing.
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Rick Riordan |
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fedf5dc
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Once I saw Desjardins' house, I hated him even more. It was a huge mansion on the other side of the Tuileries, on the rue des Pyramids. "Pyramids Road?" Sadie said. "Obvious, much?" "Maybe he couldn't find a place on Stupid Evil Magician Street," I suggested."
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Rick Riordan |
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3d89ef6
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Akmon pulled a ratchet wrench from the tool belt and spun it like a noisemaker. "Oh, very nice! I'm definitely keeping this! Thanks, Blue Bottom!" Leo glanced down. His pants had slipped around his ankles again, revealing his blue undershorts. "That's it!" he shouted. "My stuff. Now. Or I'll show you how funny a flaming dwarf is." His hands caught fire."
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humor
leo-valdez
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Rick Riordan |
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737545b
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Facinating." He broke into a wide grin. "I've discovered something, Khufu. This is not Memphis, Egypt." Khufu gave me a sideways look, and I could swear his expression meant, Duh. "I've also discovered a new form of magic called blues music," the man continued. "And barbecue. Yes, you must try barbecue."
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Rick Riordan |
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2cc5e56
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Nico wasn't sure whether to kick himself or Will Solace. If he hadn't been so distracted bickering with the son of Apollo, he would never have allowed the enemy to get so close.
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will-solace
nico-di-angelo
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Rick Riordan |
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72c31d8
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Child of lightning, beware the earth, The giants' revenge the seven shall birth, The forge and the dove shall break the cage, And death unleash through Hera's rage.
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Rick Riordan |
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b3bebf2
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Hades allowed himself the faintest smile, but there was nothing cruel in his eyes. 'I can entertain the possibility that you acted for multiple reasons. My point is this: you and I rose to the aid of Olympus because you convinced me to let go of my anger. I would encourage you to do likewise. My children are so rarely happy. I ... I would like to see you be an exception.' Nico stared at his father. He didn't know what to do with that stat..
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love
hades
nico-di-angelo
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Rick Riordan |
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1d52416
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Carter, not to be unkind," I said, "but the last few months you've been seeing messages about Zia . Two weeks ago, you thought she was sending you a distress call in your mashed potatoes." "It was a Z! Carved right in the potatoes!" --
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kane-chronicles
sadie
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Rick Riordan |
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579ac1b
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Don't die on me," she ordered. "You are not dying on me." "Yes, ma'am." He felt light-headed, but she was about the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen. Her hair was smoldering. Her face was smudged with soot. She had a cut on her arm, her dress was torn, and she was missing a boot. Beautiful."
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care
hope
love
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Rick Riordan |
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2baf4c5
|
Wisdom's daughter walks alone--" "Ella!" Frank stood suddenly. "Maybe it's not the best time--" Ella continued, cupping her hands over her ears and raising her voice. "
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future
sybillene-books
ella
prophecy
heroes-of-olympus
percy-jackson-and-the-olympians
the-mark-of-athena
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Rick Riordan |
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24f782d
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All right, cupcakes. You are about to see the Grand Canyon. Try not to break it. The skywalk can hold the weight of seventy jumbo jets, to you featherweights should be safe out there. If possible, try to avoid pushing each other over the edge, as that would cause me extra paperwork.
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Rick Riordan |
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6e128ee
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Dreams and death were old friends of his. He knew how to navigate their dark borderland.
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Rick Riordan |
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ab352dc
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Annabeth realized that if six of them went on these two quests, it would leave Percy alone on the ship with Coach Hedge, which was maybe not a situation a caring girlfriend should put him in. Nor was she eager to let Percy out of her sight again--not after they'd been apart for so many months.
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relationships
separation
coach-hedge
percy-jackson
percy-jackson-and-the-olympians
the-mark-of-athena
the-heroes-of-olympus
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Rick Riordan |
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daf35fb
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With great power... comes need to take a nap. Wake me up later
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the-last-olympian
percy-jackson
rick-riordan
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Rick Riordan |
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d33e708
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Nyx's quasar eyes burned. "Of course not. I would not let my horses eat you, any more than I would let Akhlys kill you. Such fine prizes, I will kill myself!" Annabeth didn't feel particularly witty or courageous, but her instincts told her to take the initiative, or this would be a very short conversation. "Oh, don't kill yourself!" she cried. "We're not scary." The goddess lowered her whip. "What? No, I didn't mean--" "Well, I hope not!..
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nyx
percy-jackson
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Rick Riordan |
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9ac1cb5
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We ran, plowing through another pile of peppers. [No, I didn't pick a peck of them, Sadie - just shut up.]
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Rick Riordan |
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56e77fb
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Don't you ever feel like, what if the world really IS messed up? What if we COULD Do it all over again from scratch? No more war. Nobody homeless. No more summer reading homework. 'm listening. Annabeth: I mean, the West represents a lot of the best things mankind ever did--that's why the fire is still burning. That's why OlympusIs still around. But sometimes you just see the bad stuff, you know? And you start thinking the way Luke does: '..
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fatality
hubris
percy-jackson
the-sea-of-the-monsters
percy-jackson-and-the-olympians
rick-riordan
flaws
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Rick Riordan |
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4bda894
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Hestia shook her head. "I am here because when all else fails, when all the other mighty gods have gone off to war, I am all that's left. Home. Hearth. I am the last Olympian"
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percy-jackson
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Rick Riordan |
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5cf983c
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Most helmsmen would've been satisfied with a pilot's wheel or a tiller. Leo had also installed a keyboard, monitor, aviation controls from a Learjet, a dubstep soundboard, and motion-control sensors from a Nintendo Wii. He could turn the ship by pulling on the throttle, fire weapons by sampling an album, or raise sails by shaking his Wii controllers really fast. Even by demigod standards, Leo was seriously ADHD.
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humor
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Rick Riordan |
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58585e7
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Bessie?" I looked down at the bull serpent. "But... he's too cute. He couldn't destroy the world." -Percy Jackson"
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Rick Riordan |
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40a2201
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hermes has threatened me with slow mail. lousy Internet service and a horrible stock market if i publish this story. I hope he is just bluffing.
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humor
percabeth
heroes-of-olympus
percy-jackson
rick-riordan
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Rick Riordan |
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4679eb5
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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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Rick Riordan |
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8f79257
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Oh, don't mind me! Just the queen of the heavens, dying over here!
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juno
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Rick Riordan |
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fe2489b
|
I've got a few ideas," (Amy) admitted. "But I don't know where we're going in the long term. I mean - have you ever thought about what this ultimate treasure could be?" "Something cool." (Dan) "Oh, that's real helpful. I mean, what could make somebody the most powerful Cahill in history? And why thirty-nine clues?" Dan shrugged. "Thirty-nine is a sweet number. It's thirteen times three. It's also the sum of five prime numbers in a row - 3,5..
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treasure
dan-cahill
amy-cahill
math
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Rick Riordan |
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1f7a7e1
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I want some time without you organic life forms.
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Rick Riordan |
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fb7d36c
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Jason muttered "And I saw something...Really terrible." "That was Hera," Thalia grumbled, "Her Majesty, the Loose Cannon." "That's it, Thalia Grace," Said the goddess. "I will turn you into and aardvark, so help me-" "Stop it, you two," Piper said. Amazingly, they both shut up."
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piper-mclean
thalia-grace
heroes-of-olympus
lost-hero
jason-grace
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Rick Riordan |