Yes,' she said. 'The Great Prophecy has begun.' Pandemonium broke out.

That’s Narmer with the spoon,” I guessed. “Angry because the other bloke stole his breakfast cereal?

He slung off his backpack. He'd managed to grab a lot of supplies at the Napa Bargain Mart: a portable GPS, duct tape, lighter, superglue, water bottle, camping roll, a Comfy Panda Pillow Pet (as seen on TV), and a Swiss army knife—pretty much every tool a modern demigod could want.

You mean a bad heel?" I said. "Couldn't I just, like, wear something besides sandals? No offense." -Percy

But (Peresphone) was like, the goddess of flowers." Grover looked offended. "Springtime.

There are parties and then there are huge major blowout parties. And then there are Olympian parties. If you ever get a choice go for the Olympian.

He’d learned years ago it was better not to dwell too much on who was related to whom on the godly side of things. After Tyson the Cyclops adopted him as a brother, Percy decided that that was about as far as he wanted to extend the family.