[Tyson] looked him over with that massive baby-brown eye. โYou are not dead. I like it when you are not dead.โ Ella fluttered to the ground and began preening her feathers. โElla found a dog,โ she announced. โA large dog. And a Cyclops.โ Was she blushing? Before Percy could decide, his black mastiff pounced on him, knocking Percy to the ground and barking so loudly that even Arion backed up. โHey, Mrs. O'Leary,โ Percy said. โYeah, I love you, too, girl. Good dog.โ Hazel squeaked. โYou have a hellhound named Mrs. O'Leary?โ โLong story.
Rick RiordanLookin up at the huge baboons, I wondered if Khufu had some sort of secret baboon code that would get us in. But instead he barked at the statues and cowered heroically behind my legs.
Rick RiordanUm," Grover said. "Percy?" "Yeah?" "I thought you'd want to know." "Yeah?" "Cerberus? He's saying we've got ten seconds to pray to the god of our choice.After that...well...he's hungry.
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