I prayed the monsters would give up. Or that perhaps Philip of Macedonia would climb back to the terrace (do crocodiles climb?) and renew the fight.
Rick RiordanAmos sipped his coffee. The faraway look on his face reminded me of my dad. โI donโt want to scare you.โ โToo late.
Rick RiordanIt isnโt easy being a brilliant inventor, always alone. Always misunderstood. Easy to turn bitter, make horrible mistakes. People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he canโt be fixed. -Hephaestus
Rick RiordanChaos is impatient. It's random. And above all it's selfish. It tears down everything just for the sake of change, feeding on itself in constant hunger. But Chaos can also be appealing. It tempts you to believe that nothing matters except what you want.
Rick RiordanImagine your body replaced by dust and vapor, and having a tingly feeling in your stomach without even having a stomach. Imagine having to concentrate just to keep yourself from dispersing into nothing. I got so angry, a flash of lightning crackled inside me. โDonโt be that way,โ Amos chuckled. โItโs only for a few minutes.
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