You spoke the truth, Percy Jackson. You are nothing like... like Hercules. I am honored that you carry this sword.
Rick RiordanAre you kidding?" She looked at me as if I'd just dropped from the moon. Her cheeks were bright red. "What's the problem now?" I demanded. "Me, go with you to the...the 'Thrill Ride of Love'? How embarrassing is that? What if somebody saw me?" "Who's going to see you?" But my face was burning now, too. Leave it to a girl to make everything complicated. "Fine," I told her. "I'll do it myself." But when I started down the side of the pool, she followed me, muttering about how boys always messed things up.
Rick RiordanI survive all those battles," she growled, "and I get defeated by a stupid chunk of rock!
Rick RiordanMaybe, standing next to the obelisk of Maโat, surrounded by the Sea of Chaos, we both realized that restraining ourselves from vengeance is what made us different from Apophis. Rules had their place. They kept us from unraveling.
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