Behold!" Percy shouted. "The god's chosen beverage. Tremble before the horror of Diet Coke!

Stuff has become the enemy. There always seems to be more of it than I have storage in my house!

"Percy, you're a brave guy," She said. "Just take the compliment. I swear, is it so hard?"

I am Persephone" she said, her voice thin and papery. "Welcome, demigods. Nico squashed a pomegranate under his boot. "Welcome? After last time, you've got the nerve to welcome me?" I shifted uneasily, because talking that way to a god can get you blasted into dust bunnies. "Um, Nico-" "It's all right," Persephone said coldly. "We had a little family spat." "Family spat?" Nico cried. "You turned me into a dandelion!

It is true that I once refused to eat haggis in Scotland and this did not sit well with the local population.

"All roads lead there child. You should know that." "Detention?"

Thank Artemis, it is you! That little scar on your lip--you tried to eat a stapler when you were two!" ... Hedge nodded like he approved of Jason's taste. "Staplers--excellent source of iron.