You're alive!" Percy said to the others. "The giants said you were captured. What happened?" Leo shrugged. "Oh, just another brilliant plan by Leo Valdez. You'd be amazed what you can do with an Archimedes sphere, a girl who can sense stuff underground, and a weasel." "I was the weasel," Frank said glumly.
Rick RiordanI could hear hopefulness in her voice, but also doubt. She was waiting for me to admit the obvious: Iโd forgotten. I was toast. I was boyfriend roadkill.
Rick RiordanOn the bright side," Percy said, "both Jason and I outrank you, Octavian. So we can both tell you to shut up.
Rick RiordanI missed him so much I would sometimes turn to tell him something before I forgot he was gone. In spite of all that, and all the emotion boiling around inside me, all I could think of to say was: โYouโre blue.
Rick RiordanPart of their problem was Percy. He fought like a demon, whirling through the defender's ranks in a completely unorthodox style, rolling under their feet, slashing with his sword instead of stabbing like a Roman would, whacking campers with the flat of his blade, and generally causing mass panic.
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