"Monkey bars," Annabeth said. "I'm great at these." She leaped onto to the first rung and started swinging her way across. She was scared of tiny spiders, but not of plummeting to her death from a set of monkey bars. Go figure.

On the bright side," Percy said, "both Jason and I outrank you, Octavian. So we can both tell you to shut up.

I know, I'm an idiot!" Leo moaned. "A brilliant idiot, but still an idiot.

What are you thinking? Nothing. I mean...a lot of things. Kind of all at once.

Sounds like a plan worthy of Athena.

So you've got no name?" I asked. "They couldn't think of one ugly enough?" The creature snarled, stepping over the unconscious policeman. "Set animal is too hard to say," I decided. "I'll call you Leroy." Apparently, Leroy didn't like his name. He lunged.

Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.