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f3293f6
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The baboon is driving," I noted. "Should I be worried?"
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0d22c55
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Is Tyson okay?" I asked. The question seemed to take my dad by surprise. He's fine. Doing much better than I expected. Though "peanut butter" is a strange battle cry. "You let him fight?" Stop changing the subject! You realize what you are asking me to do? My palace will be destroyed. "And Olympus might be saved." Do you have any idea how long I've worked on remodeling this palace? The game room alone took six hundred years. "Dad--" Very we..
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poseidon
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4c2c7f7
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She (Annabeth) put her hand on my spine, and my skin tingled. I (Percy) moved her fingers to the one spot that grounded me to my mortal life. A thousand volts of electricity seemed to arc through my body.
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6740d6f
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So, destroy?" Cal asked. Clearly, the conversation was giving his two brain cells a serious workout."
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aad3384
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Nothing can slow them down," Leo mused. "I wonder..." "What?" Jason asked. Leo looked at the dwarfs. "I'll make you a deal." Akmon's eyes lit up. "Thirty percent?" "We'll leave you all the treasure," Leo said, "except the stuff that belongs to us, and the astrolabe, and this book, which we'll take back to the dude in Venice." "But he'll destroy us!" Passolos wailed. "We won't say where we got it," Leo promised. "And we won't kill you...
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kerkopes
passalos
riordan
the-house-of-hades
dwarfs
jason-grace
leo-valdez
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422571e
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Could an Olympian parent turn against his half-blood child? Would it sometimes be easier just to let them die? If there were ever any half-bloods who needed to worry about that, it was Thalia and me. I wondered if maybe I should've sent Poseidon that seashell pattern tie for Father's Day after all.
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thalia-grace
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Rick Riordan |
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606b59b
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Egyptians believe in the power of the sunrise. They believe each morning begins not just a new day, but a new world.
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Rick Riordan |
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6339905
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And when demigods use cell phones, the signals agitate every monster within a hundred miles. It's like sending up a flare: Here I am! Please rearrange my face!
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rick-riordan
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Rick Riordan |
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5da24b5
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This belonged to my sister-in-law," Prometheus explained. "Pandora." A lump formed in my throat. "As in Pandora's box?" Prometheus shook his head. "I don't know how this business got started. It was never a box. It was a , a storage jar. I suppose Pandora's doesn't have the same ring to it."
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prometheus
percy-jackson
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Rick Riordan |
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f1335ca
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You both passed out," Percy said. "I don't know why, but Ella told me not to worry about it. She said you were...sharing?" "Sharing," Ella agreed. She crouched in the stern, preening her wing feathers with her teeth, which didn't look like a very effective form of personal hygiene. She spit out some red fluff. "Sharing is good. No more blackouts. Biggest American blackout, August 14, 2003. Hazel shared. No more blackouts." Percy scratched h..
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ella
sharing
the-son-of-neptune
heroes-of-olympus
percy-jackson
percy-jackson-and-the-olympians
hazel-levesque
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Rick Riordan |
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b8bd2b0
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Words are the source of all power. And names are more than just a collection of letters.
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Rick Riordan |
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dc9d93f
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Nico was devastatingly alone. He'd lost his big sister Bianca. He'd pushed away all other demigods who'd tried to get close to him. His experiences at Camp Half-Blood, in the Labyrinth and in Tartarus had left him scarred, afraid to trust anyone.
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reflection
reyna
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Rick Riordan |
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ca53d1d
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At this point, you may be wondering how I felt seeing my son with Nico di Angelo. I'll admit I did not understand Will's attraction to a child of Hades, but if the dark foreboding type was what made Will happy... Oh perhaps some of you are wondering how I felt seeing him with a boyfriend rather than a girlfriend. If that's the case, please. We gods are not hung up about such things.
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will-solace
nico-di-angelo
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Rick Riordan |
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2c109bc
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Sometimes you have to lose a piece to win a game.
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Rick Riordan |
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7837919
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No!" Leo yelled. "Uhhh," Nico groaned from the floor. "Piper!" Jason cried. "Monkey!" Frank yelled.
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piper-mcclean
the-argo-ii
riordan
the-house-of-hades
frank-zhang
jason-grace
rick-riordan
hazel-levesque
leo-valdez
monkeys
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f3deed9
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Percy: "You asked Poseidon for... me?" Tyson: "For a friend, young cyclopes grow up alone on the streets, learns to make things out of scraps. Learn to survive." Percy: "But that's so cruel!" Tyson: "Makes us appreciate blessings, not be greedy and mean and fat like Polyphemus. But I got scared. Monsters chased me so much, clawed me sometimes--" Percy: "The scars on your back?" Tyson: "Sphinx on Seventy-second Street. Big Bully. I pray..
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poseidon
tyson
percy-jackson
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eb0886e
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So, great. This is Camp...what do you call it? Camp Fish-Blood?" Aphros frowned. "I hope that was a joke. This is Camp __________." He made a sound that was a series of sonar pings and hisses."
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Rick Riordan |
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d3f1753
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True, you're the weakest of us all, but you're still one of the five, and there is power in collecting the complete set." He paused, then grinned. "The complete Set! That's funny! Now let's consume your energy and entomb your soul, shall we?"
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Rick Riordan |
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8cb4002
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I tried to think of something to say. Excuse me? Hello? Marry me? Anything would have done.
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romance
humor
sadie
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Rick Riordan |
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3d91d6a
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Anybody have any money?" Frank checked his pockets. "Three denarii from Camp Jupiter. Five dollars Canadian." Hedge patted his gym shorts and pulled out what he found. "Three quarters, two dimes, a rubber band and--score! A piece of celery." He started munching on the celery, eyeing the change and the rubber band like they might be next."
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money
humor
percy-jackson
percy-jackson-and-the-olympians
the-mark-of-athena
frank-zhang
the-heroes-of-olympus
food
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Rick Riordan |
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9614d90
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You must forgive my Hunters if they do not welcome you," Artemis said. "It is very rare that we would have boys in this camp. Boys are usually forbidden to have any contact with the Hunters. The last one to see this camp..." She looked at Zoe. "Which one was it?" That boy in Colorado," Zoe said. "You turned him into a jackalope." Ah, yes." Artemis nodded, satisfied. "I enjoy making jackalopes."
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zoe-nightshade
percy-jackson
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Rick Riordan |
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daa3a05
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Anybody have any money?" Frank checked his pockets. "Three denarii from Camp Jupiter. Five dollars Canadian." Hedge patted his gym shorts and pulled out what he found. "Three quarters, two dimes, a rubber band and--score! A piece of celery." He started munching on the celery, eyeing the change and the rubber band like they might be next." --
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money
humor
percy-jackson
percy-jackson-and-the-olympians
the-mark-of-athena
frank-zhang
the-heroes-of-olympus
food
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Rick Riordan |
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7c85525
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She tied her blond hair back with a strip of denim torn from her pants leg, and in the fiery light of the river, her grey eyes flickered. Despite being beat-up, sooty, and dressed like a homeless person, she looked great to Percy. So what if they were in Tartarus? So what if they stood a slim chance of surviving? He was so glad that they were together, he had the ridiculous urge to smile.
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589e6e5
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In the center stood a marble alter, where a kid in a toga was doing some sort of ritual in front of a massive golden statue of the big dude himself:Jupiter the sky god, dressed in a silk XXXL purple toga, holding a lightning bolt. "It doesn't look like that," Percy muttered. "What?" Hazel asked. "The master bolt," Percy said. "What are you talking about?" "I-" Percy frowned. For a second, he'd thought he remembered something. Now it was go..
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45e60ab
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I'll show them 'love is worthless,'" Silena Beauregard grumbled as she strapped on her armor. "I'll pulverize them!"
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Rick Riordan |
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21f60b8
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I am Nico Di Angelo, son of Hades. I control the shadows. They do not control me.
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shadows
son-of-hades
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Rick Riordan |
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f5293a9
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Now, if you have never been hit by a flying burrito, count yourself lucky. In terms of deadly projectiles, it's right up there with grenades and cannonballs.
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percy-jackson
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Rick Riordan |
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80ec2c7
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I held out the painting of the cat and the snake. "It's a cat and a snake," Thoth said. Thank you, god of wisdom. You placed it for us to find, didn't you? You're trying to give us some sort of clue." "Who, me?" Just kill him, Horus said. Shut up, I said. At least kill the guitar."
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4388a16
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At the end of the hall stood a walnut door with a bronze plaque: ASCLEPIUS MD, DMD, DME, DC, DVS, FAAN, OMG, EMT, TTYL, FRCP, ME, IOU, OD, OT, PHARMD, BAMF, RN, PHD, INC., SMH There may have been more acronyms in the list, but by that point Leo's brain had exploded.
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greek-gods
rick-riordan
leo-valdez
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Rick Riordan |
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a5adf36
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Your mom is a rainbow goddess?" "You got a problem with that?" "No, no. Rainbows. Very macho."
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leo
iris
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Rick Riordan |
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1cd47a1
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One false step, and you'll fall all the way to Tartarus--and believe me, unlike the Doors of Death, this would be a one-way trip, a very hard fall! I will have you dying before you tell me your plan for my artwork.
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death
doors-of-death
arachne
artwork
weaving
tartarus
heroes-of-olympus
percy-jackson-and-the-olympians
the-mark-of-athena
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Rick Riordan |
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df87202
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You teach combat, I guess." Aphros threw up his hands in exasperation. "Why does everyone assume that?" Leo glanced at the massive sword on the fish-guy's back. "Uh, I don't know."
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Rick Riordan |
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7846a9e
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There was Tyson moving into the Poseidon cabin, giggling to himself every fifteen seconds and saying, "Percy is my brother?" like he'd just won the lottery. Aw, Tyson," I'd say. "It's not that simple."
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sea-of-monsters
rick-riordan
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Rick Riordan |
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fd6f23d
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Your powers drain you too much,' [Percy] noted. [Nico] nodded sleepily. 'With great power...comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.
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Rick Riordan |
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9af4d30
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Stop!" he yelled at the others. "Multigrain fighting is not allowed!"
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son-of-neptune
rick-riordan
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Rick Riordan |
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969ef0f
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Thanks for not freaking out," I said. "Oh, I'm freaking out," Paul promised, his eyes wide. "I just think it's awesome!"
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paul
percy-jackson
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Rick Riordan |
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71ad224
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The most difficult kind of strength -- restraint.
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Rick Riordan |
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50a6164
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Marvelous," she said. "Tell me about this tapestry." Arachne's lips curled over her mandibles. "Why do you care? You're about to die." "Well, yes," Annabeth said. "But the way you captured the light is amazing. Did you use real gold thread for the sunbeams?"
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arachne
spiders
weaving
flattery
trickery
heroes-of-olympus
percy-jackson-and-the-olympians
the-mark-of-athena
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Rick Riordan |
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3727db4
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As soon as the rocky coast line of the island came into view, I ordered one of the ropes to wrap around Annabeth's waist, tying her to the foremast. "Don't untie me," she said, "no matter what happens or how much I plead. I'll want to go straight over the edge and drown myself." "Are you trying to tempt me?" "Ha-ha."
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percy-jackson-2
mermaids
the-sea-of-monsters
percabeth
percy-jackson
percy-jackson-and-the-olympians
rick-riordan
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Rick Riordan |
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2b32b4e
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You have to rise above the squabbling and chaos, and keep believing. You have to always keep your goals in mind." -Hera, goddess of marriage
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inspirational
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Rick Riordan |
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f6c4de2
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I'm stupid," Leo mumbled. "Pi would expand outward, because it's infinite." He reversed the order of the numbers, starting in the center and working toward the edge. When he aligned the last ring, something inside the sphere clicked. The door swung open. Leo beamed at his friends. "That, good people, is how we do things in Leo World. Come on in!" "I hate Leo World," Frank muttered. Hazel laughed."
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Rick Riordan |
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83e7ab3
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And there, shimmering in the Mist right next to us, was the last person I wanted to see: Mr. D, wearing his leopard-skin jogging suit and rummaging through the refrigerator. He looked up lazily. "Do you mind?" Where's Chiron!" I shouted. How rude." Mr. D took a swig from a jug of grape juice. "Is that how you say hello?" Hello," I amended. "We're about to die! Where's Chiron?"
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percy-jackson
dionysus
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Rick Riordan |
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58e7c3a
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We were just looking at maps...
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humor
map
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Rick Riordan |
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2aee75e
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Percy," my mom said. "I give you my blessing." "Be safe brother!" Tyson pleaded. "Enchiladas!" Grover said. I wasn't sure where that came from, but it didn't seem to help much."
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Rick Riordan |