Someday, you will make an excellent guardian ba.” “Thanks,” I muttered. “Can’t wait to be poultry forever.

YEAH! Bring it on, lake!

Hazel screamed at the top of her lungs, but it was a scream of delight. For the first time in her life-in her two lives-she felt absolutely unstoppable.

Annabeth sat up and glared at her ankle. "You HAD to break," she scolded it. The ankle did not reply.

Um," Grover said. "Percy?" "Yeah?" "I thought you'd want to know." "Yeah?" "Cerberus? He's saying we've got ten seconds to pray to the god of our choice.After that...well...he's hungry.

I do like to wrap things up and leave some things to the readers' imagination.

How old is she now?" he asked. "Hard to say. She was a tree for a while. Now she's immortal.