I can try to disable it," I said, "but if I mess up, this whole apartment is going to fill with gas. We'll die." Thalia swallowed. " I trust you. Just... don't mess it up.
Rick RiordanBack up shall we? When my brother, the crazy chicken warrior, turned into a falcon and went up the pyramidโs chimney with his new friend, the fruit bat, he left me playing nurse to two very wounded peopleโwhich I didnโt appreciate, and which I wasnโt particularly good at.
Rick RiordanThereโs nothing here,โ Carter said. โWhat do you want?โ I asked. โWeโve got wax, some toilet papyrus, an ugly statue.
Rick Riordanglancing back I got my first clear look at the monster. He was seven feet tall, easy, his arms and legs like something from the cover of Muscle Man magazine-bulging biceps and triceps and a bunch of other 'ceps, all stuffed like baseballs under vein-webbed skin. He wore no clothes except underwear-I mean, bright white fruit of the Looms.
Rick Riordan