Annabeth, thank goodness, would be staying in New York. She'd gotten permission from her parents to attend a boarding school in the city so she could be close to Olympus and oversee the rebuilding efforts. "And close to me?" I asked. "Well, someone's got a big sense of his own importance." But she laced her fingers through mine. I remembered what she'd told me in New York, about building something permanent, and I thoughtโjust maybeโwe were off to a good start.
Rick RiordanEgypt is the First Nome. New York is the twenty-first. Whatโs the last one, the Three-hundred-and-sixtieth?โ โThat would be Antarctica,โ Zia said. โA punishment assignment. Nothing there but a couple of cold magicians and some magic penguins.โ โMagic penguins?โ โDonโt ask.
Rick RiordanI should throw you off this building minus the flying horse and see how heroic you sound on the way down.
Rick RiordanAnd do you know what a full-fledged war would look like, Percy?" "Bad?" I guessed. "Imagine the world in chaos. Nature at war with itself. Olympians forced to choose sides between Zeus amd Poseidon. Destruction. Carnage. Millions dead. Western civilization turned into a battleground so big it will make the Trojan War look like a water-balloon fight." "Bad," I repeated.
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