[Piper] rushed to get dressed. By the time she got up on deck, the others had already gatheredโall hastily dressed except for Coach Hedge, who had pulled the night watch. Frankโs Vancouver Winter Olympics shirt was inside out. Percy wore pajama pants and a bronze breastplate, which was an interesting fashion statement. Hazelโs hair was all blown to one side as though sheโd walked through a cyclone; and Leo had accidentally set himself on fire. His T-shirt was in charred tatters. His arms were smoking.
Rick RiordanI headed towards the mountain, which was an almost irresistible beacon to my storm self. It glowed with heat, pressure, and turbulenceโeverything a little dust devil like me could want.
Rick RiordanThe world will fall, the gods will die, and I will never achieve a perfect score on this stupid machine. -Dionysus
Rick RiordanWe only came close to dying six or seven times, which I thought was pretty good. Once, I lost my grip and found myself dangling by one hand from a ledge fifty feet above the rocky surf. But I found another handhold and kept climbing. A minute later Annabeth hit a slippery patch of moss and her foot slipped. Fortunately, she found something else to put it against. Unfortunately, that something was my face. "Sorry," she murrmured. "S'okay," I grunted, though I'd never really wanted to know what Annabeth's sneaker tasted like.
Rick Riordan