You have a humming dodo bird," I said stupidly.

Ptah? son of ptooey? What is he god of spitting? i asked

So, yeah. Our cat was a goddess. What else is new?

Apparently, word of the chicken man incident hadn’t spread quite yet.

Annabeth looked at me. " We have to get out of here." " You think I want to be in the girls' restroom?" " I mean the ship, Percy! We have to get off the ship." " Smells bad," Tyson agreed. " And dogs eat all the eggs. Annabeth is right. We must leave the restroom and the ship.

I survive all those battles," she growled, "and I get defeated by a stupid chunk of rock!

Before I could lose my courage, I said, "Don't I get a kiss for luck? It's kind of a tradition, right?" I figured she would punch me. Instead, she drew her knife and stared at the army marching toward us. "Come back alive, Seaweed Brain. Then, we'll see.