What are you?โ She demanded. โMy dad? Osiris? Are you even alive?โ Dad looked at Anubis. โWhat did I tell you about her? Fiercer than Ammit, I said.โ โYou didnโt need to tell me that.โ Anubisโs face was grave. โIโve learned to fear that sharp tongue.โ Sadie looked outraged. โExcuse me?
Rick RiordanI prayed the monsters would give up. Or that perhaps Philip of Macedonia would climb back to the terrace (do crocodiles climb?) and renew the fight.
Rick RiordanIt's not easy. I got lots of rejections when I first started out. If you want to write, you have to believe in yourself and not give up. You have to do your best to practice and get better.
Rick RiordanSorghum started to answer, but Wheat flew at him and knocked him down. The karpoi began to fight, dissolving into funnel clouds of grain. Hazel considered making a run for it. Then Wheat re-formed, holding Sorghum in a headlock. "Stop!" he yelled at the others. "Mulitgrain fighting is not allowed!
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