"Percy, you're a brave guy," She said. "Just take the compliment. I swear, is it so hard?"
Rick RiordanI turned and found Dionysus standing there, still in his black suit. Walk with me,” he said. Where to?” I asked suspiciously. Just to the campfire,” he said. “I was beginning to feel better, so I thought I would talk with you a bit. You always manage to annoy me.” Uh, thanks.
Rick RiordanSometimes, it takes us a while to appreciate something new, something that might change us for the better.
Rick RiordanI'm afraid not." Hades sighed. "My son here convinced me that perhaps I should prioritize my list of enemies." He glared at me with distaste. "As much as I dislike certain upstart demigods, it would not do for Olympus to fall. I would miss bickering with my siblings. And if there is one thing we agree on - it is that you were a TERRIBLE father.
Rick RiordanYour mom is a rainbow goddess?" "You got a problem with that?" "No, no. Rainbows. Very macho.
Rick RiordanThey had a silent staring contest, but Percy didn’t back down. When he and Annabeth started dating, his mother had drummed it into his head: It’s good manners to walk your date to the door. If that was true, it had to be good manners to walk her to the start of her epic solo death quest.
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