If I couldn't trust her, I couldn't trust anyone.

Most helmsmen would’ve been satisfied with a pilot’s wheel or a tiller. Leo had also installed a keyboard, monitor, aviation controls from a Learjet, a dubstep soundboard, and motion-control sensors from a Nintendo Wii. He could turn the ship by pulling on the throttle, fire weapons by sampling an album, or raise sails by shaking his Wii controllers really fast. Even by demigod standards, Leo was seriously ADHD.

We'll have to work on your bunny phobia later.

Don't stay in one place too long. It was the only way to stay ahead of the sadness.

Our problems started in Dallas, when the fire-breathing sheep destroyed the King Tut exhibit.

There's another problem," Percy said. "I'm not good with air travel. It's dangerous for a son of Neptune." "You'll have to risk it...and so will I," Frank said. "By the way, we're related." Percy almost stumbled off the roof. "What?

That's great. Except for the fact that it's completely unimportant.