Me? I slept like the dead, which I hoped wasn’t a sign of things to come.

This is Leo. I'm the... What's my title? Am I like, admiral, or captain, or..." "Repair boy." "Very funny, Piper.

Agh-uhh!” the baboon grunted. He turned and waddled up the stairs. Unfortunately, the Lakers jersey didn’t completely cover his multicolored rear.

But (Peresphone) was like, the goddess of flowers." Grover looked offended. "Springtime.

Right," she said, "We're going to the Land of the Dead and I shouldn't think negative.

Do you always try to kill people when they blow their nose?

Freak is easily spooked. Flesh-eating monsters tend to scare him away. So do fireworks, clowns, and the smell of Sadie's weird British Ribena drink. (Can't blame him on that last one. Sadie grew up in London and developed some pretty strange tastes.