Like water leaking through a dam," said Piper. "Yeah," smiled Percy. "We've got a dam hole." "What?" Piper asked. "Nothing," he said. "Inside joke.

She tied her blond hair back with a strip of denim torn from her pants leg, and in the fiery light of the river, her grey eyes flickered. Despite being beat-up, sooty, and dressed like a homeless person, she looked great to Percy. So what if they were in Tartarus? So what if they stood a slim chance of surviving? He was so glad that they were together, he had the ridiculous urge to smile.

Met them. Killed them. Got the T-shirt.

I haven't devoured a soul in...What month is this? March?

Have you ever noticed how parents can go from the most wonderful people in the world to totally embarrassing in three seconds?

A general never shows despair. He instills confidence in his troops. He leads them forward, even into the mouth of death.

Imitation is flattery