Something inside me clicked, like an engine shifting into higher gear. My thinking suddenly became faster and clearer. The anger and fear didn't go away, but I realized they weren't important. They weren't going to help me.
Rick RiordanPercy!โ he bellowed. He dropped his broom and ran at me. If youโve never been charged by an enthusiastic Cyclops wearing a flowered apron and rubber cleaning gloves, Iโm telling you, itโll wake you up quick.
Rick RiordanIt isnโt easy being a brilliant inventor, always alone. Always misunderstood. Easy to turn bitter, make horrible mistakes. People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he canโt be fixed. -Hephaestus
Rick RiordanSomewhere behind me, Zia yelled, "Hippo!" Which I thought was a little late. She stumbled toward me over the rocking deck, the tip of her staff on fire. Our ghostly pal Setne floated behind her, grinning with delight. "There is it!" Setne shook his diamond pink rings. "Told ya Apophis would send a monster to kill you." "You're so smart!" I shouted. "Now, how do we stop it?
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