Her name badge read: Hello! My name is DIE, DEMIGOD SCUM!

Something inside me clicked, like an engine shifting into higher gear. My thinking suddenly became faster and clearer. The anger and fear didn't go away, but I realized they weren't important. They weren't going to help me.

I realized that anyone who dared to hurt me would suffer his full wrath, and Walt wasn’t going to hold him back.

Afterward, I had the last laugh. I made an air bubble at the bottom of the lake. Our friends kept waiting for us to come up, but hey-when you are the son of Poseidon, you don't have to hurry. And it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time.

Curse Hermes and his multi-vitamins!

And you, Percy, are my favorite son.

She’s pretty,” Zethes mumbled. “I mean, she’s right.