She said this in the same way you might say Fields of Punishment or Hades's gym shorts.
Rick RiordanThen there was Nico di Angelo. Dang, that kid gave Leo the freaky-deakies. He sat back in his leather aviator jacket, his black T-shirt and jeans, that wicked silver skull ring on his finger, and the Stygian sword at his side. His tufts of black hair struck up in curls like baby bat wings. His eyes were sad and kind of empty, as if heโd stared into the depths of Tartarusโwhich he had.
Rick RiordanAnd in the fountain squatted a giant crab. Iโm not talking โgiantโ like $7.99 all-you-can-eat Alaskan king crab. Iโm talking โgiantโ like bigger than the fountain.
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