After the satyrs filed in to dinner, the Hermes cabin brought up the rear. They were always the biggest cabin. Last summer it had been led by Luke, the guy who fought with Thalia and Annabeth on top of Half-Blood Hill. For a while, before Poseidon had claimed me, I'd lodged in the Hermes cabin. Luke had befriended me...and then he'd tried to kill me.

How do you have five children in a row, each on a different say?” “They’re gods,” Carter said. “They can do stuff like that.

How did you die?" "We er....drowned in a bathtub." "All three of you?" "It was a big bathtub.

And in the fountain squatted a giant crab. I’m not talking ‘giant’ like $7.99 all-you-can-eat Alaskan king crab. I’m talking ‘giant’ like bigger than the fountain.

Ma’at demands a leader.” “Yeah so I’ve heard.

Percy is the most powerful demigod I've ever met. No offense to you guys but it's true.

You weren't able to talk sense into him?" Well, we kind of tried to kill each other in a duel to the death." I see. You tried the diplomatic approach.